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CVE-2015-8959 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/20/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
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 v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.1 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26861 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93230 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378738 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8959
NVD Published Date:
04/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
05/09/2017