CVE-2015-8898

MEDIUM

Imagemagick < 6.9.2-3 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The WriteImages function in magick/constitute.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image file.

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91039

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5b4bebaa91849c592a8448bc353ab25a54ff8c44

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/34

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 36.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (2)

imagemagick/imagemagick < 6.9.2-3

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026