CVE-2015-8901
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MIFF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | {"startIncluding":"6.0","endExcluding":"6.9.0-5"} | 6.9.0-5 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8901.html
- http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17854
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26931
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195265
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8901
CWEs
CWE-835
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.