CVE-2015-8903: imagemagick Infinite Loop
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-8903 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 27-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The ReadVICARImage function in coders/vicar.c in ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted VICAR file.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.98% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (imagemagick.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (openwall.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.8.9.9-6
Imagemagick1 product
- imagemagick≥ 6.0, < 6.9.0-5
Ubuntu1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
10 links- www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933X Refsource CONFIRMExploitVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195271X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
