CVE-2014-9837

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Published 2017-04-11 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

coders/pnm.c in ImageMagick 6.9.0-1 Beta and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted png file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9837

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=7a7119c6fe19324ee17b8f756dae60c16e470ab2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26682

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9837.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.8.9.9-4
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.8.9.9-4
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.8.9.9-4
debian debiansidfixed8:6.8.9.9-4
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.8.9.9-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endIncluding":"6.9.0-1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.