CVE-2015-8901
ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MIFF file.
02 Description
ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MIFF 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
- 1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2017-02-27 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c9256949610bcb7a36a96e2e27d0ceb70b42360fa7f106e306880e6d98e4cedb
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150226 Requesting CVE for ImageMagick DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13
- www.imagemagick.orghttp://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26931
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160606 Re: Requesting CVE for ImageMagick DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195265
- trac.imagemagick.orghttp://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17854
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
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.