What is CVE-2014-9817?

CVE-2014-9817 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2014-9817?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-9817

Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted pdb file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9817?: CVE-2014-9817 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2014-9817?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.