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CVE-2015-8959

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8959 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.0-4 Beta, specifically within the coders/dds.c component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted DDS file, leading to high CPU consumption. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), the attack requires user interaction and impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0341 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 (5)

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 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8959Low

ImageMagick: CPU usage DOS due to corrupted DDS files

Jan 11, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ab016764c7f787829d9065440d86f5609765110
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b428b7af688fe319320aed15f2b94281d1e37b4
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cc2a4d2ba5371d25c58763e4db2dbc1f4691c0f7
PatchVendor 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/93230
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry