CVE-2015-8902 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 6.x prior to 6.9.0-5 Beta, specifically within the ReadBlobByte function in coders/pdb.c. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing a specially crafted PDB file, leading to system unavailability. Rated 6.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.0, < 6.9.0-5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.