CVE-2015-8959

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Published 2017-04-20 · 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
7.1
VIR risk
6.5

Description

coders/dds.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted DDS 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-2015-8959

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cc2a4d2ba5371d25c58763e4db2dbc1f4691c0f7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378738

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26861

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8959.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endIncluding":"6.9.0-3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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