6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-8958
ImageMagick Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

coders/sun.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted SUN file.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

May 9, 2017, 12:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8958 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
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-2015-8958.

URL Resource
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26857 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/93124 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378736 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1aa0c6dab6dcef4d9bc3571866ae1c1ddbec7d8f Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6b4aff0f117b978502ee5bcd6e753c17aec5a961 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8ea44b48a182dd46d018f4b4f09a5e2ee9638105 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8f17d08b7418204bf8a05a5c24e87b2fc395b75 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8958 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 [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=26857 No Types Assigned http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26857 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1aa0c6dab6dcef4d9bc3571866ae1c1ddbec7d8f No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1aa0c6dab6dcef4d9bc3571866ae1c1ddbec7d8f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8ea44b48a182dd46d018f4b4f09a5e2ee9638105 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8ea44b48a182dd46d018f4b4f09a5e2ee9638105 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8f17d08b7418204bf8a05a5c24e87b2fc395b75 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8f17d08b7418204bf8a05a5c24e87b2fc395b75 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 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93124 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6b4aff0f117b978502ee5bcd6e753c17aec5a961 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6b4aff0f117b978502ee5bcd6e753c17aec5a961 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378736 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378736 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.0-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.56 }} 0.06%

score

0.77959

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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