01 Record

CVE-2014-9842

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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.

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: 3.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. 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

2017-03-20 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 13:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

943e007cf53361e6ba9c262f25ead2ac6e11dba6588229205c163ba93cf19411

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

imagemagickimagemagickNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

opensuse_projectleapNot specified—

opensuse_projectsuse_linux_enterprise_debuginfoNot specified—

opensuse_projectsuse_linux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—

opensuse_projectsuse_linux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

opensuse_projectsuse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitNot specified—

opensuse_projectsuse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extensionNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

06 References

bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343500x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1833http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
anonscm.debian.orghttps://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=f9ef11671c41da4cf973d0d880af1cdfbd127860x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1782http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160602 Re: ImageMagick CVEshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1748http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1784http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

01 Record index

CVE-2014-9842

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2014-9842

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References