CVE-2025-55298

ImageMagick Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution

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.

Affected

ImageMagick

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91st percentile

Published

2025-08-26

Updated

2025-11-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645
• advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645

Security advisories

• ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/439b362b93c074eea6c3f834d84982b43ef057d5
• dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.8.1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry