CVE-2014-9848

high
Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Memory leak in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
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-2014-9848

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343507

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9848.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 suse42.2affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endExcluding":"6.9.4-0"}6.9.4-0

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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