CVE-2025-552987.5HighCWE-123

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

ImageMagick

Affected: ImageMagick · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

4.7%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

91st percentile

050100

Higher than 91% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

ImageMagick · ImageMagick< 7.1.2-2; < 6.9.13-28

On the Atlas

Every published CVE is on the CyberSIXT Atlas, grouped by weakness, vendor and month.

Open the Atlas

Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Write-what-where Condition · Memory Corruption
Vendor: ImageMagick
Published: August 2025
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), August 2025

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2025-55298 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.