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CVE-2015-8903

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• 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: yes
• Published: 2017-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

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.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: from 6.0 before 6.9.0-5 — fixed in 6.9.0-5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.0-5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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
• 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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