CVE-2015-8808

The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted GIF file.

Published: 2016-07-13 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8808 is rated Moderate Risk (40.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8808

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-03 0.53% 0.29% -0.24%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.53% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8808

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-8808

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8808

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-8808 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8808
suse low CVE-2015-8808 severity low: SUSE including 3 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.38.1, libGraphicsMagick2-1.2.5-4.38.1, perl-GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.38.1), 5 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4, SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3): Fixed 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8808/
ubuntu low CVE-2015-8808 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 10 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 5, not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8808

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8808

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick <= 1.3.17 cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse studio_onsite 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:suse:studio_onsite:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8808

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