CVE-2015-8903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00634.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Imagemagick	Imagemagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-960-1	imagemagick security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8759	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3131-1	ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17856
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933
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=1195271
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8903
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8903

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-27T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.099Z

Reserved: 2016-06-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8903

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-27T22:59:00.307

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-8903

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8903 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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