CVE-2025-53014

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
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0.73% (54th) EPSS
CVSS 9.8 · critical
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions prior to 7.1.2-0 and 6.9.13-26 have a heap buffer overflow in the `InterpretImageFilename` function. The issue stems from an off-by-one error that causes out-of-bounds memory access when processing format strings containing consecutive percent signs (`%%`). Versions 7.1.2-0 and 6.9.13-26 fix the issue.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–critical · 3.7–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.13.7lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13.7lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.2 · impact 1.4
v3.13.7lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (52)

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advisories (2)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2025-1537ImageMagick: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-07-13csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in ImageMagick ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial of Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder andere nicht spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.

  • GHSA-hm4x-r5hc-794fImageMagick has a Heap Buffer Overflow in InterpretImageFilename2025-08-25ghsa · osvUS

    # Heap Buffer Overflow in InterpretImageFilename ## Summary A heap buffer overflow was identified in the `InterpretImageFilename` function of ImageMagick. The issue stems from an off-by-one error that causes out-of-bounds memory access when processing format strings containing consecutive percent signs (`%%`). ## Environment - **OS**: Arch Linux (Linux gmkhost 6.14.2-arch1-1 # 1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:43:59 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux (GNU libc) 2.41) - **Architecture**: x86_64 - **Compiler**: gcc (GCC) 15.1.1 20250425 ## Reproduction ### Build Instructions ```bash # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.git cd ImageMagick git reset --hard 8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12 # Build with AddressSanitizer export CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g -O1" export CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g -O1" export LDFLAGS="-fsanitizer=address" ./configure make # Set library path and trigger the crash export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)/MagickWand/.libs:$(pwd)/MagickCore/.libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ./utilities/.libs/magick %% a ``` ### Minimum Trigger ```bash ./utilities/.libs/magick %% [any_output_filename] ``` ## Crash Analysis ### AddressSanitizer Output ``` $ ./utilities/.libs/magick %% a ================================================================= ==2227694==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x7037f99e3ad3 at pc 0x741801e81a17 bp 0x7ffd22fa4e00 sp 0x7ffd22fa45b8 READ of size 1 at 0x7037f99e3ad3 thread T0 #0 0x741801e81a16 in strchr /usr/src/debug/gcc/gcc/libsanitizer/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc:746 #1 0x7418013b4f06 in InterpretImageFilename MagickCore/image.c:1674 #2 0x7418012826a3 in ReadImages MagickCore/constitute.c:1040 #3 0x741800e4696b in CLINoImageOperator MagickWand/operation.c:4959 #4 0x741800e64de7 in CLIOption MagickWand/operation.c:5473 #5 0x741800d92edf in ProcessCommandOptions MagickWand/magick-cli.c:653 #6 0x741800d94816 in MagickImageCommand MagickWand/magick-cli.c:1392 #7 0x741800d913e4 in MagickCommandGenesis MagickWand/magick-cli.c:177 #8 0x5ef7a3546638 in MagickMain utilities/magick.c:162 #9 0x5ef7a3546872 in main utilities/magick.c:193 #10 0x7417ff53f6b4 (/usr/lib/libc.so.6+0x276b4) (BuildId: 468e3585c794491a48ea75fceb9e4d6b1464fc35) #11 0x7417ff53f768 in __libc_start_main (/usr/lib/libc.so.6+0x27768) (BuildId: 468e3585c794491a48ea75fceb9e4d6b1464fc35) #12 0x5ef7a3546204 in _start (/home/kforfk/workspace/fuzz_analysis/saigen/ImageMagick/utilities/.libs/magick+0x2204) (BuildId: 96677b60628cf297eaedb3eb17b87000d29403f2) 0x7037f99e3ad3 is located 0 bytes after 3-byte region [0x7037f99e3ad0,0x7037f99e3ad3) allocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x741801f20e15 in malloc /usr/src/debug/gcc/gcc/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:67 #1 0x7418013e86bc in AcquireMagickMemory MagickCore/memory.c:559 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow MagickCore/image.c:1674 in InterpretImageFilename Shadow bytes around the buggy address: 0x7037f99e3800: fa fa 07 fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x7037f99e3880: fa fa 07 fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x7037f99e3900: fa fa 07 fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x7037f99e3980: fa fa 07 fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x7037f99e3a00: fa fa 07 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa 00 04 =>0x7037f99e3a80: fa fa 00 04 fa fa 00 00 fa fa[03]fa fa fa 03 fa 0x7037f99e3b00: fa fa 00 01 fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x7037f99e3b80: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x7037f99e3c00: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x7037f99e3c80: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x7037f99e3d00: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes): Addressable: 00 Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Heap left redzone: fa Freed heap region: fd Stack left redzone: f1 Stack mid redzone: f2 Stack right redzone: f3 Stack after return: f5 Stack use after scope: f8 Global redzone: f9 Global init order: f6 Poisoned by user: f7 Container overflow: fc Array cookie: ac Intra object redzone: bb ASan internal: fe Left alloca redzone: ca Right alloca redzone: cb ==2227694==ABORTING ``` ## Root Cause Analysis The first command line argument is interpreted as `MagickImageCommand`: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/utilities/magick.c#L83 ```c const CommandInfo MagickCommands[] = { MagickCommandSize("magick", MagickFalse, MagickImageCommand), ``` It is invoked here: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/magick-cli.c#L220 ```c status=command(image_info,argc,argv,&text,exception); ``` The execution then follows this path: - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/magick-cli.c#L1387 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/magick-cli.c#L586 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/magick-cli.c#L419 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/operation.c#L5391 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/operation.c#L5473 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickWand/operation.c#L4959 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickCore/constitute.c#L1009 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickCore/constitute.c#L1039 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickCore/image.c#L1649 - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/8fff9b4f44d2e8b5cae2bd6db70930a144d15f12/MagickCore/image.c#L1674 The execution eventually reaches `InterpretImageFilename` and enters a loop. The `format` variable here is `"%%"`. At this point, it is safe to access `*(format + 2)` but not safe to access `*(format + 3)`. ```c for (p=strchr(format,'%'); p != (char *) NULL; p=strchr(p+1,'%')) { q=(char *) p+1; if (*q == '%') { p=q+1; continue; } ``` The first `strchr` call returns a pointer equal to `format` and assigns it to `p`. Then `q` is initialized with `p + 1` (`format + 1`), and `*q` is `'%'`, so the code enters the if branch. Here, `p` is reassigned to `q + 1` (`format + 2`). In the next iteration, `p + 1` (`format + 3`) is passed to `strchr`, and when `strchr` accesses it, this causes an out-of-bounds read.

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