Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick
CVE-2014-9842
Memory leak in the ReadPSDLayers function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick — versions 6.8.8-9
- openSUSE Project Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11.0
- openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 12.0
- openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11.0, 12.0
- openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11.0, 12.0
- openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension — versions 12.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- openSUSE — versions 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9842?
- CVE-2014-9842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-20.
- How severe is CVE-2014-9842?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.