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CVE-2015-8898

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Date: March 15, 2017

The WriteImages function in magick/constitute.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image file.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8898

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8898

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91039

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8898

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Url: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/34

Url: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5b4bebaa91849c592a8448bc353ab25a54ff8c44

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8898

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8898

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 6.9.2-4

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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