CVE-2015-8900
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The ReadHDRImage function in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick 6.x and 7.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HDR file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
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
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 8:6.8.9.9-6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | {"startIncluding":"6.0","endIncluding":"6.9.3-10"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8900.html
- http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17845
- http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17846
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26929
- 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=1195260
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97aa7d7cfd2027f6ba7ce42caf8b798541b9cdc6
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8900
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.