CVE-2025-43965

In MIFF image processing in ImageMagick before 7.1.1-44, image depth is mishandled after SetQuantumFormat is used.

Published: 2025-04-23 Last update: 2025-12-31 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-43965 is rated Low Risk (18.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-43965

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-01 0.36% 0.07% -0.29%
2 2026-05-13 0.23% 0.36% +0.14%
3 2026-02-17 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-43965

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.9 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.4 1.4 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-43965

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-43965

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-43965: 1 source package rows (imagemagick); 81 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 81. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-43965
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-43965 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43965
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43965
suse medium CVE-2025-43965 severity moderate: SUSE including 54 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-devel, …), 80 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, … (9 product lines)): Fixed 64, Known Not Affected 16. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43965/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-43965 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, ignored 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43965

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-43965

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick < 7.1.1-44 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-43965

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