What is CVE-2014-9833?

CVE-2014-9833 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 2017-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2014-9833?

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

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-9833

Heap overflow in ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 via a crafted psd file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.8.9-9

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9833?: CVE-2014-9833 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 2017-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2014-9833?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.