CVE-2015-8903

6.5 mediumEPSS 2.0%

The ReadVICARImage function in coders/vicar.c in ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted VICAR file.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-835
Published: 2017-02-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

imagemagick:imagemagick

References

http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17856
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195271

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