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CVE-2015-8898 json

The WriteImages function in magick/constitute.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL po…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8754

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.8.9.9-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8898

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8898

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1237

  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.45.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +2 more 6.8.8.1-30.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1SUSE-SU-2016:1784-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8898 updated cvss 1.9

ImageMagick: Prevent NULL pointer access in magick/constitute.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
    +8 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-doc 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-devel 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++-devel 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-debuginfo 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1237

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Exploit prediction

1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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