Is CVE-2025-55298 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-55298 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-55298?

CVE-2025-55298 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-55298?

CVE-2025-55298 has an EPSS score of 4.06% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-55298?

Upgrade imagemagick on debian 11 to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u6 or later. Fixes are available for 42 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-55298

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-123 CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

imagemagickDebian

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u6CVE-2025-55298

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u4CVE-2025-55298

Fixed in:8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u2CVE-2025-55298

Fixed in:8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1CVE-2025-55298

imagemagickUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

imagemagick-6.q16Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

imagemagick-6.q16hdriUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

imagemagick-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

libimage-magick-q16-perlUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libimage-magick-q16hdri-perlUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16-7Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16-8Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16-9t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagick++-6.q16hdri-9t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagick++5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-3Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-6Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm4USN-7812-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickcore5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

libmagickcore5-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16-2Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16-3Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16-6Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm6USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm4USN-7812-1

libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-7t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm3USN-7812-1

libmagickwand5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

perlmagickUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm15USN-7812-1

ImageMagick Q16Windows application

Affected:6.9.13-28Fixed in:6.9.13-28ImageMagick Studio LLC

Affected:7.0.0-0 7.1.2-2Fixed in:7.1.2-2ImageMagick Studio LLC

ImageMagick Q16-HDRIWindows application

Affected:7.0.0-0 7.1.2-2Fixed in:7.1.2-2ImageMagick Studio LLC

Affected:6.9.13-28Fixed in:6.9.13-28ImageMagick Studio LLC

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

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Exploit1

github.com

Release Notes1

github.com

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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