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CVE-2015-8957

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8957 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.0-4 Beta. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted SUN image file, leading to an application crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.0-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8957Low

ImageMagick: OOB read and possible crash when handling malformed SUN files

Jan 5, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93125
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry