CVE-2025-55298 – ImageMagick Format String Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2025-55298

Published : Aug. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m. | 21 minutes ago

Description : 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.

Severity: 7.5 | HIGH

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