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CVE-2015-8898

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8898 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.2-4. A specially crafted image file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the WriteImages function, leading to system instability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, but it can result in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.2-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0199 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8898Low

ImageMagick: Prevent NULL pointer access in magick/constitute.c

Jan 17, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1237
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5b4bebaa91849c592a8448bc353ab25a54ff8c44
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/34
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
securityfocus.com / bid/91039
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry