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CVE-2015-8959

Published: 25 August 2016

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is 0126-Fix-a-DOS-for-DDS-file.patch,
0127-Fix-a-DOS-for-DDS-file.patch.

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4)
precise
Released (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5)
xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2)
yakkety
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H