Vulnerability in Imagemagick
CVE-2015-8959
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93230 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e3… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cc2a4d2ba5371d25c58763e4db2dbc1f4691c… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8959?
- CVE-2015-8959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-20.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8959?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.