CVE-2014-9841

critical
Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The ReadPSDLayers function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to "throwing of exceptions."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2014-9841

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343499

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=f9ef11671c41da4cf973d0d880af1cdfbd127860

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9841.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
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.10affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick6.8.8-9

References

CWEs

CWE-388

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