CRITICAL
ImageMagick: overflow in rle file
Published Mar 20, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.85%
Description
Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 1.3
- 42.2
- 13.2
- 42.1
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
Configuration 2
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 16.10
Configuration 3
- 6.8.8-9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
ImageMagick
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
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
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.85% 0.04852
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04852
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.85% (0.04852) | 91.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04760) | 90.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 2.72% (0.02719) | 86.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03850) | 87.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.59% (0.02589) | 85.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03850) | 87.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2.59% (0.02589) | 85.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03850) | 87.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.56% (0.02555) | 84.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.50% (0.06496) | 84.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.56% (0.02555) | 84.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 86.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 86.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 84.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3131-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9846 Vendor Advisory
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=2d90693af41a363a988a9db3a91a15f9ca7c7370 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343504 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9846
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9846
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 20, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 2, 2016
Link CVE-2014-9846
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a