Back
CVE-2015-8903
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…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26933 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150226 Requesting CVE for ImageMagick DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195271 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160606 Re: Requesting CVE for ImageMagick DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17856 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-8903)Record last updated .