CVE-2014-8561
imagemagick 6.8.9.6 has remote DOS via infinite loop
02 Description
imagemagick 6.8.9.6 has remote DOS via infinite loop
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-15 21:34Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0aa234d5a4c9557a5469d6bd256cb3f5caece48cfb3b01db75f61941035dc2f8
05 Affected products
06 References
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128944/ImageMagick-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Heap-Overflow.html
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8561
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8561
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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