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CVE-2015-8900

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8900 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions 6.x and 7.x, where a crafted HDR image file can trigger an infinite loop in the ReadHDRImage function. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0, <= 6.9.3-10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.1-0, <= 7.0.5-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 86th 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8900Low

ImageMagick: denial of service flaw in HDR file processing

Feb 19, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97aa7d7cfd2027f6ba7ce42caf8b798541b9cdc6
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
trac.imagemagick.org / changeset/17845
Broken Link
trac.imagemagick.org / changeset/17846
Broken Link
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/13
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/06/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory