Red Hat Security Advisory: ImageMagick security update
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-57803) in ImageMagick's WriteBMPImage function causes a 32-bit integer overflow when writing BMP scanline stride, leading to a heap buffer overflow. This flaw affects ImageMagick packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-57803 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick's WriteBMPImage component where a 32-bit integer overflow occurs during the calculation of BMP scanline stride. This overflow results in a heap buffer overflow, which could potentially lead to memory corruption. The issue affects ImageMagick versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has released an update to fix this vulnerability, rated as important in severity.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause heap buffer overflow due to integer overflow in BMP image processing, which may lead to application crashes or potential memory corruption. The advisory rates the security impact as important, indicating a high severity risk but no confirmed exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for ImageMagick in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the available updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:16313) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: ImageMagick security update
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-57803) in ImageMagick's WriteBMPImage function causes a 32-bit integer overflow when writing BMP scanline stride, leading to a heap buffer overflow. This flaw affects ImageMagick packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address this issue.
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-57803 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick's WriteBMPImage component where a 32-bit integer overflow occurs during the calculation of BMP scanline stride. This overflow results in a heap buffer overflow, which could potentially lead to memory corruption. The issue affects ImageMagick versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has released an update to fix this vulnerability, rated as important in severity.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause heap buffer overflow due to integer overflow in BMP image processing, which may lead to application crashes or potential memory corruption. The advisory rates the security impact as important, indicating a high severity risk but no confirmed exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for ImageMagick in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the available updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:16313) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:16313
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1e34853345fc182c8e0
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:15 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 01:57:18 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC
Views: 10
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