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CVE-2014-9842

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9842 is a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9, specifically within the ReadPSDLayers function in coders/psd.c, affecting products like Canonical and openSUSE. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory exhaustion. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, making it easily exploitable for impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0362 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9842Moderate

ImageMagick: memory leak in psd handling

Dec 24, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
anonscm.debian.org / cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory