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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2015-8903

CVE-2015-8903

MEDIUM6.5

The ReadVICARImage function in coders/vicar

Published Feb 27, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEBhttp://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17856 WEBhttp://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195271 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8903

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

6.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 27, 2017

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2015-8903 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence