What is CVE-2014-9840?

CVE-2014-9840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2014-9840?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-9840

ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted palm file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.8.9-9
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 (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-2014-9840?: CVE-2014-9840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2014-9840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.