CVE-2015-8901 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8901?

CVE-2015-8901 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 27 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8901?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8901?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick

• CVE-2019-19952 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16328 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16329 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-18210 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14138 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8901, GHSA-7jh7-wvrp-g29x, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8901.