CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8898

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 15, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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The WriteImages function in magick/constitute.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image file.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick*6.9.2-3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatImageMagick-0:6.7.2.7-5.el6_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatImageMagick-0:6.7.8.9-15.el7_2*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ImagemagickUbuntuprecise*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty/esm*
ImagemagickUbuntuupstream*
ImagemagickUbuntuwily*

Potential Mitigations

References