GHSA-fh55-q5pj-pxgw
ImageMagick affected by divide-by-zero in ThumbnailImage via montage -geometry ":" leads to crash
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-x86 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-x64 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
| NuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-x86 | < 14.8.1 | 14.8.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
## Summary
Passing a geometry string containing only a colon (":") to montage -geometry leads GetGeometry() to set width/height to 0. Later, ThumbnailImage() divides by these zero dimensions, triggering a crash (SIGFPE/abort), resulting in a denial of service.
## Details
**Root Cause**
1. `montage -geometry ":" ...` reaches `MagickCore/geometry.c:GetGeometry().`
2. `StringToDouble/InterpretLocaleValue` parses `":"` as `0.0;` then:
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/0ba1b587be17543b664f7ad538e9e51e0da59d17/MagickCore/geometry.c#L355
`WidthValue` (and/or `HeightValue)` is set with a zero dimension.
3. In MagickCore/resize.c:ThumbnailImage(), the code computes:
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/0ba1b587be17543b664f7ad538e9e51e0da59d17/MagickCore/resize.c#L4625-L4629
causing a division by zero and immediate crash.
The issue is trivially triggerable without external input files (e.g., using `xc:white`).
### Reproduction
Environment
```
Version: ImageMagick 7.1.2-1 (Beta) Q16-HDRI x86_64 0ba1b587b:20250812 https://imagemagick.org
Features: Cipher DPC HDRI
Delegates (built-in): bzlib fontconfig freetype jbig jng jpeg lcms lzma pangocairo png tiff x xml zlib
Compiler: clang (14.0.0)
OS/Arch: Linux x86_64
```
Steps
```
./bin/magick montage -geometry : xc:white null:
```
Observed result
```
IOT instruction (core dumped)
# (Environment-dependent: SIGFPE/abort may be observed.)
```
## PoC
No external file required; the pseudo image xc:white suffices:
```
./bin/magick montage -geometry : xc:white null:
```
## Impact
- **Denial of Service:** A divide-by-zero in `ThumbnailImage()` causes immediate abnormal termination (e.g., SIGFPE/abort), crashing the ImageMagick process.
## Suggested fix
Defensively reject zero dimensions early in `ThumbnailImage()`:
```c
if ((columns == 0) || (rows == 0)) {
(void) ThrowMagickException(exception, GetMagickModule(), OptionError,
"InvalidGeometry", "thumbnail requires non-zero dimensions: %.20gx%.20g",
(double) columns, (double) rows);
return (Image *) NULL;
}
```
Additionally, consider tightening validation in `GetGeometry()` so that colon-only (and similar malformed) inputs do not yield `WidthValue/HeightValue` with zero, or are rejected outright. Variants like `"x:"` or `":x"` may also need explicit handling (maintainer confirmation requested).
## Credits
### Team Daemon Fuzz Hunters
**Bug Hunting Master Program, HSpace/Findthegap**
<br>
**Woojin Park**
@jin-156
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
**Hojun Lee**
@leehohojune
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
**Youngin Won**
@amethyst0225
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
**Siyeon Han**
@hanbunny
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-fh55-q5pj-pxgw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55212
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5f0bcf986b8b5e90567750d31a37af502b73f2af
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/0ba1b587be17543b664f7ad538e9e51e0da59d17/MagickCore/geometry.c#L355
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/0ba1b587be17543b664f7ad538e9e51e0da59d17/MagickCore/resize.c#L4625-L4629
- https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.8.1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00012.html