CVE-2015-8808
The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted GIF file.
02 Description
The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted GIF file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-07-13 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-02-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6dfd03c790ab7a32bc3c962e415c523e2cd5e1bb46448c8f3c0d799610029535
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160206 CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/06/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-49bf88cd29http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177834.html
- www.securityfocus.com83058http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83058
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1614http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00032.html
- marc.info[graphicsmagick-commit] 20150202 [GM-commit] GraphicsMagick: Assure that GIF decoder does not use unitialized...http://marc.info/?l=graphicsmagick-commit&m=142283721604323&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-3746http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160206 Re: CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/06/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.21-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.21-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.21-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.