CVE-2015-8897

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The SpliceImage function in MagickCore/transform.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted png file.

Affected products

ImageMagick: through 6.9.2-3

References

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28466
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91030
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7b1cf5784b5bcd85aa9293ecf56769f68c037231
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28466
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91030
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7b1cf5784b5bcd85aa9293ecf56769f68c037231

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