CVE-2015-8903

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Published 2017-02-27 · 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

The ReadVICARImage function in coders/vicar.c in ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted VICAR 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-2015-8903

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195271

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8903.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.8.9.9-6
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.8.9.9-6
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.8.9.9-6
debian debiansidfixed8:6.8.9.9-6
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.8.9.9-6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"startIncluding":"6.0","endExcluding":"6.9.0-5"}6.9.0-5

References

CWEs

CWE-835

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