CVE-2014-9842

Memory leak in the ReadPSDLayers function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-03-20 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9842 is rated Moderate Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.55%). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9842

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.36% 3.55% +1.19%
2 2025-07-06 1.60% 2.36% +0.76%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.60% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9842

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9842

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9842

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9842 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9842
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9842
suse medium CVE-2014-9842 severity moderate: SUSE including 48 source package names (GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick-6.4.3.6-7.45.1, …), 106 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (29 product lines)): Fixed 101, Known Not Affected 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9842/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9842 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9842

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9842

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_server 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 6.8.8-9 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.8.8-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9842

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=f9ef11671c41da4cf973d0d880af1cdfbd127860 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343500 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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