ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted xpm file.

published 2017-03-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9641

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 3

debian ubuntu suse

imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.8.9.9-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9836

imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9836

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.45.1
ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +2 more 6.8.8.1-30.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1 SUSE-SU-2016:1784-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9836 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 4.3

ImageMagick: crash in xpm file handling

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/1
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-9836
NVD CVE-2014-9836

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Summary