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FKIE_CVE-2015-8957

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-20 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Summary
Buffer overflow in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SUN file.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838Exploit, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735Issue Tracking, Patch
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93125Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378735Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
imagemagick imagemagick *

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      ],
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:35:33.817",
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