CVE-2015-8959

Public Exploit

Description

coders/dds.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted DDS file.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.60% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory imagemagick.org Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93230 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26861 exploit vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378738 issue tracking patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cc2a4d2ba5371d25c58763e4db2dbc1f4691c0f7 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8959?
CVE-2015-8959 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8959?
To fix CVE-2015-8959, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-8959 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8959 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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