CVE-2014-9842

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-9842 · Published 20/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-9842 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting imagemagick (imagemagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imagemagick imagemagick	`= 6.8.8-9`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 · Mailing List
anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit · Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

imagemagick

= 6.8.8-9

No fix yet

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