# CVE-2025-55298

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-55298
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-123, CWE-134
- **Published:** Aug 26, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 12, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- ImageMagick — ImageMagick (< 7.1.2-2)
- ImageMagick — ImageMagick (< 6.9.13-28)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645)
- [CNA](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/439b362b93c074eea6c3f834d84982b43ef057d5)
- [CNA](https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.8.1)
- [CVE](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00012.html)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 4.35%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 90.6

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._