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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.