CVE-2025-53101 | ImageMagick has Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c

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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 and 6.9.13-26, in ImageMagick's `magick mogrify` command, specifying multiple consecutive `%d` format specifiers in a filename template causes internal pointer arithmetic to generate an address below the beginning of the stack buffer, resulting in a stack overflow through `vsnprintf()`. Versions 7.1.2-0 and 6.9.13-26 fix the issue.

Published: 2025-07-14 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-53101 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-53101

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-53101

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 0.05% 0.35% +0.30%
2 2025-07-20 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-07-15 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-53101

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.2 5.2 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-53101

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-53101

GHSA-qh3h-j545-h8c9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — ImageMagick has a Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-53101

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-53101: 1 source package rows (imagemagick); 108 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 16, open 92. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-53101
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-53101 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-2025-53101
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53101
suse medium CVE-2025-53101 severity moderate: SUSE including 80 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-devel, …), 123 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 79, Known Not Affected 44. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53101/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-53101 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-53101

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick < 6.9.13-26 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-53101

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