CVE-2014-9840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted palm file.

Published: 2017-03-22

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.8.9-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-731-1	imagemagick security update
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9645	ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted palm file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3131-1	ImageMagick vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00201.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9840
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9840

History

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Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-22T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:04.755Z

Reserved: 2016-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9840

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-22T14:59:00.367

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-9840

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9840 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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