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CVE-2014-9853

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9853 describes a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick's coders/rle.c component, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through excessive memory consumption via a specially crafted RLE file. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.9.4-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2014-9853Moderate

ImageMagick: memory leak in rle file handling

Dec 24, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
Mailing ListPatch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3131-1
Third Party Advisory