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.
History

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
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Imagemagick imagemagick

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-26T20:36:40.704Z

Reserved: 2025-08-12T16:15:30.238Z

Link: CVE-2025-55298

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-26T18:15:47.583

Modified: 2025-08-29T16:22:31.970

Link: CVE-2025-55298

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-08-26T17:20:17Z

Links: CVE-2025-55298 - Bugzilla

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