Buffer overflow in Graphicsmagick
CVE-2015-8808
The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted GIF file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.003 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Graphicsmagick
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22
- Suse Linux_enterprise_debuginfo — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_software_development_kit — versions 11
- Suse Studio_onsite — versions 1.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- [oss-security] 20160206 CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- FEDORA-2016-49bf88cd29 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- 83058 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1614 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- [graphicsmagick-commit] 20150202 [GM-commit] GraphicsMagick: Assure that GIF decoder does not use unitialized... (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- DSA-3746 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- [oss-security] 20160206 Re: CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8808?
- CVE-2015-8808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Graphicsmagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-13.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8808?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-8808 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.