CVE-2015-8896

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Published 2017-03-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Integer truncation issue in coders/pict.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.5-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pict file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8896

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/0f6fc2d5bf8f500820c3dbcf0d23ee14f2d9f734

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1448803

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/07/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8896.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.8.9.9-7`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.8.9.9-7`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.8.9.9-7`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.8.9.9-7`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.8.9.9-7`
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected
rhel	7.2	affected
rhel	7.3	affected
rhel	7.4	affected
rhel	7.5	affected
rhel	7.6	affected
rhel	7.7	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endExcluding":"6.9.4-0"}`	`6.9.4-0`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.