What is CVE-2025-43965?

CVE-2025-43965 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2025-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2025-43965?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-43965 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2025-43965

In MIFF image processing in ImageMagick before 7.1.1-44, image depth is mishandled after SetQuantumFormat is used.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 0
Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43965?: CVE-2025-43965 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2025-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-43965?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-43965 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.