CVE-2015-8959

MEDIUM

ImageMagick < 6.9.0-3 - Denial of Service via Crafted DDS File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93230
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26861
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378738
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0173
EPSS Percentile 82.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
imagemagick/imagemagick < 6.9.0-3
Published Apr 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026