Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick
CVE-2014-8716
The JPEG decoder in ImageMagick before 6.8.9-9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70992 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8716?
- CVE-2014-8716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2017-04-11.
- How severe is CVE-2014-8716?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.