Write-what-where Condition Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-12206152
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed26 Aug 2025

Introduced: 26 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-55298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-123  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1