What is CVE-2014-9827?

CVE-2014-9827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2014-9827?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-9827

coders/xpm.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted xpm file.

Published 2017-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9827?: CVE-2014-9827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2014-9827?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.