CVE-2025-55298 — Write-what-where Condition in Imagemagick
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateOct 8
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…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages5 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
ImageMagick has a Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution↗2025-08-26
OSV▶
CVE-2025-55298: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2025-08-26
GHSA▶
ImageMagick has a Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution↗2025-08-26