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CVE-2018-14551

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14551 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions 7.0.8-7 and related Canonical products. It stems from an uninitialized variable in the ReadMATImageV4 function, allowing for remote code execution with no user interaction. While the CVSS score is 9.8 (CRITICAL), there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), or KEV entry. Despite the lack of active exploits, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.8-7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
4.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0403 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-14551Low

ImageMagick: Uninitialized variable in coders/mat.c:ReadMATImageV4() allows for memory corruption

Jul 20, 2018

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1221
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3785-1
Third Party Advisory