CVE-2025-53015 | ImageMagick has XMP profile write that triggers hang due to unbounded loop

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ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions prior to 7.1.2-0, infinite lines occur when writing during a specific XMP file conversion command. Version 7.1.2-0 fixes the issue.

Published: 2025-07-14 Last update: 2025-10-08 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-53015 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-53015

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-53015

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 2026-05-10 0.06% 0.20% +0.14%
2 2026-03-30 0.03% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2025-12-10 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-53015

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-53015

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-53015

GHSA-vmhh-8rxq-fp9g · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — ImageMagick has XMP profile write that triggers hang due to unbounded loop

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-53015

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-53015: 1 source package rows (imagemagick); 108 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 108. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-53015
debian unimportant CVE-2025-53015 unimportant 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-2025-53015
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53015
suse medium CVE-2025-53015 severity moderate: SUSE including 80 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-devel, …), 231 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (30 product lines)): Known Not Affected 163, Fixed 68. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53015/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-53015 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53015

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-53015

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick >= 7.1.1-7, < 7.1.2-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-53015

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