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title: "CVE-2015-8957\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-8957

Publication date 25 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8957?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Buffer overflow in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SUN file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8957?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8957?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This is 0089-Fix-a-buffer-overflow-in-sun-file-handling.patch,
0090-Fix-an-SEGV-in-sun-file-handling.patch

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| imagemagick | * Upstream:   [78f82d9](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/78f82d9d1c2944725a279acd573a22168dc6e22a) * Upstream:   [bd96074](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bd96074b254c6607a0f7731e59f923ad19d5a46d) * Upstream:   [450bd71](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8957)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8957)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8957)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8957)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3131-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3131-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 21 November 2016

### Other references

* <http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26838>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/07/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8957>