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CVE-2015-8957 json

Buffer overflow in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted S…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8813

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SUN file.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8957

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8957

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 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.54.1
  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.46.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +2 more 6.8.8.1-40.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2964-1SUSE-SU-2016:2724-1SUSE-SU-2016:2667-1

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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-2015-8957 updated cvss 5.3

ImageMagick: OOB read and possible crash when handling malformed SUN files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • imagemagick.org http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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