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.
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Description | 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. | |
Title | ImageMagick Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution | |
Weaknesses | CWE-123 CWE-134 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2025-08-26T20:36:40.704Z
Reserved: 2025-08-12T16:15:30.238Z
Link: CVE-2025-55298

Updated: 2025-08-26T20:36:32.620Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-26T18:15:47.583
Modified: 2025-08-29T16:22:31.970
Link: CVE-2025-55298


Updated: 2025-08-27T11:21:30Z