CVE-2015-8900

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2015-8900 · Published 27/02/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8900 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting imagemagick (imagemagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imagemagick imagemagick	`≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.9.3-10≥ 7.0.1-0, ≤ 7.0.5-0`	No fix yet

Description

The ReadHDRImage function in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick 6.x and 7.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HDR file.

References

trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17845 · Broken Link
trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17846 · Broken Link
imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2 · Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
ImageMagick/ImageMagick commit 97aa7d7 · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

imagemagick

≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.9.3-10≥ 7.0.1-0, ≤ 7.0.5-0

No fix yet

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