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CVE-2014-9818: ImageMagick may crash when processing crafted SUN files

CVE-2014-9818 · published 9 years ago

Summary

ImageMagick can be forced to stop working if it receives a specially crafted SUN image file. This could interrupt services that rely on image processing. Update ImageMagick to the latest version or apply the vendor's patch to prevent the crash.

What to do

Update imagemagick imagemagick to version 6.9.4-0 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
imagemagick	imagemagick	< 6.9.4-0 `cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::`

Original advisory text

ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a malformed sun file.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-pa... Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343474 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 60 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

5.5 Medium

Exploitation

1% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

Timeline

Published30 Mar 2017

Updated4 Nov 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2014-9818 · NVD

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