PT-2016-3105 · Imagemagick+3 · Imagemagick+3
Adam Mariš
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Published
2015-02-18
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Updated
2020-11-16
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CVE-2015-8959
CVSS v2.0
7.1
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.0-4 Beta
Description
The issue is related to the
coders/dds.c component in ImageMagick, which is associated with improper system resource management. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service through excessive CPU consumption by using a specially crafted DDS file.Recommendations
For versions prior to 6.9.0-4 Beta, update to version 6.9.0-4 Beta or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of DDS files to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Imagemagick
Suse
Ubuntu