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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8897: Important: ImageMagick security update (RHSA-2016:1237)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2015-8897: Important: ImageMagick security update (RHSA-2016:1237)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2015, 8897, Important, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-c, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-c-devel, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-devel, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-doc, redhat-upgrade-imagemagick-perl, Severity 4

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jun 16, 2016

Added

Jul 29, 2016

Modified

Feb 19, 2026

Description

The SpliceImage function in MagickCore/transform.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted png file.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-imagemagickredhat-upgrade-imagemagick-credhat-upgrade-imagemagick-c-develredhat-upgrade-imagemagick-debuginforedhat-upgrade-imagemagick-develredhat-upgrade-imagemagick-docredhat-upgrade-imagemagick-perl

References

BID-91030
NVD-CVE-2015-8897
REDHAT-RHSA-2016:1237
UBUNTU-USN-3131-1

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