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CVE-2015-8958

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8958 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.0-4 Beta, specifically within the coders/sun.c component, which can lead to a denial of service via application crash when processing a crafted SUN file. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in 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
<= 6.9.0-3CPE 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
2.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0290 is in the 93rd 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-2015-8958Low

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

Jan 9, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1aa0c6dab6dcef4d9bc3571866ae1c1ddbec7d8f
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6b4aff0f117b978502ee5bcd6e753c17aec5a961
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8ea44b48a182dd46d018f4b4f09a5e2ee9638105
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8f17d08b7418204bf8a05a5c24e87b2fc395b75
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/93124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry