What is CVE-2014-8354?

CVE-2014-8354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2014-8354?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-8354

The HorizontalFilter function in resize.c in ImageMagick before 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted image file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/128944/ImageMagick-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Heap-Overfl… (Third Party Advisory)
int21.de/cve/CVE-2014-8354-ImageMagick-oob-heap-overflow.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/70830 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8354?: CVE-2014-8354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2014-8354?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.