CVE-2015-8900

Published: Feb 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The ReadHDRImage function in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick 6.x and 7.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HDR file.

Affected (2)

Products: Imagemagick: Imagemagick

Imagemagick

1 product

Imagemagick

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Imagemagick Imagemagick	From 6.0 to 6.9.3-10
Imagemagick Imagemagick	From 7.0.1-0 to 7.0.5-0

Related CWEs

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

References (14)

http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17845

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17846

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26929

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195260

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97aa7d7cfd2027f6ba7ce42caf8b798541b9cdc6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17845