CVE-2014-9853

Memory leak in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted rle file.

Published: 2017-03-17 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9853 is rated Moderate Risk (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). EPSS rose +1.66% 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-2014-9853

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 0.16% 1.82% +1.66%
2 2026-01-14 0.48% 0.16% -0.32%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9853

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9853

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9853

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9853 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-2014-9853
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9853
suse medium CVE-2014-9853 severity moderate: SUSE including 48 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.41.1, 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 106. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9853/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9853 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9853

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9853

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick < 6.9.4-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell leap 42.2 cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9853

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 Mailing List Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3131-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343513 Issue Tracking Patch
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