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CVE-2015-8898

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% 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-476

Description

The WriteImages function in magick/constitute.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image file.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: through 6.9.2-3

References

• 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/91039
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5b4bebaa91849c592a8448bc353ab25a54ff8c44
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/34
• 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/91039
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5b4bebaa91849c592a8448bc353ab25a54ff8c44
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/34

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