CVE-2015-8903

ImageMagick: denial of service flaw in VICAR file processing

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 19, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The ReadVICARImage function in coders/vicar.c in ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.0-5 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted VICAR file.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')