PT-2025-34798 · Imagemagick · Imagemagick

Published 2025-08-26 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2025-55298

NVD

CVSS v3.1

7.5

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to ImageMagick versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2, a format string bug vulnerability exists in InterpretImageFilename function where user input is directly passed to FormatLocaleString without proper sanitization. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary memory regions, enabling a wide range of attacks from heap overflow to remote code execution. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2.

Exploit

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

CWE-123

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-55298

Affected Products

Imagemagick

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55298 · Security Note
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/439b362b93c074eea6c3f834d84982b43ef057d5 · Note
• https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.8.1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1960398029615235439 · Twitter Post