Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39618

#VU39618 Infinite loop in ImageMagick - CVE-2015-8901

Published: February 28, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39618

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8901

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick

Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MIFF file.

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