CVE-2015-8903

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0058-Fix-a-DOS-in-viccar-file-handling.patch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: http://web.archive.org/web/20150428140926/http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/17856

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3131-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
21 November 2016