CVE-2025-55298 | ImageMagick Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution

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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.

Published: 2025-08-26 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-55298 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). 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-2025-55298

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-55298

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 2026-05-12 0.75% 1.00% +0.25%
2 2026-04-01 0.55% 0.75% +0.20%
3 2026-03-22 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-55298

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:H/PR:L/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 1.6 5.9 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-55298

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-55298

GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — ImageMagick has a Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-55298

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-55298: 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-2025-55298
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-55298 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-2025-55298
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55298
suse high CVE-2025-55298 severity important: SUSE including 92 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-devel, …), 282 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 244, Known Not Affected 24, First Fixed 14. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55298/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-55298 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-2025-55298

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-55298

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick < 6.9.13-28 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-2 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-55298

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