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CVE-2014-9846

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9846 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the ReadRLEImage function within ImageMagick versions up to 6.8.9.9, also affecting Canonical, openSUSE, and SUSE products. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:studio_onsite:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0485 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-2014-9846Moderate

ImageMagick: overflow in rle file

Dec 24, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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/msg00010.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
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00028.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
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3131-1
Third Party Advisory