What is CVE-2014-9843?

CVE-2014-9843 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2014-9843?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2014-9843

The DecodePSDPixels function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.039 (90.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% 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: 0.039 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.8.8-9
openSUSE Project Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 12.0
openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 12.0
openSUSE Project SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 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)

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

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.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)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3131-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9843?: CVE-2014-9843 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2014-9843?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.