Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39416

Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2014-9838

Published: March 22, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39416

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9838

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: ImageMagick.org

Affected software:
ImageMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

magick/cache.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

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