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MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2015-8957
"ImageMagick Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 20, 2017, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8957 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Imagemagick imagemagick
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be resolved by updating the affected ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick packages.
  • Update the ImageMagick packages.
  • Update the GraphicsMagick packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-8957.

URL Resource
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8957 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8957 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8957 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8957 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838 No Types Assigned http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.0-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.67 }} -0.00%

score

0.70331

percentile