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CVE-2014-9846

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.85%Up 2.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
CVE-2014-9846
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
CVE-2014-9846
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-9651 No score

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
EUVD-2014-9651
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fx7w-v837-p52c 9.8

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote...

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
GHSA-fx7w-v837-p52c
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
CVE-2014-9846
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-9846 9.8

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9846
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9846 9.8

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9846
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1782-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

ImageMagick was updated to fix 55 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-9810: SEGV in dpx file handler (bsc#983803).
  • CVE-2014-9811: Crash in xwd file handler (bsc#984032).
  • CVE-2014-9812: NULL pointer dereference in ps file handling (bsc#984137).
  • CVE-2014-9813: Crash on corrupted viff file (bsc#984035).
  • CVE-2014-9814: NULL pointer dereference in wpg file handling (bsc#984193).
  • CVE-2014-9815: Crash on corrupted wpg file (bsc#984372).
  • CVE-2014-9816: Out of bound access in viff image (bsc#984398).
  • CVE-2014-9817: Heap buffer overflow in pdb file handling (bsc#984400).
  • CVE-2014-9818: Out of bound access on malformed sun file (bsc#984181).
  • CVE-2014-9819: Heap overflow in palm files (bsc#984142).
  • CVE-2014-9830: Handling of corrupted sun file (bsc#984135).
  • CVE-2014-9831: Handling of corrupted wpg file (bsc#984375).
  • CVE-2014-9836: Crash in xpm file handling (bsc#984023).
  • CVE-2014-9851: Crash when parsing resource block (bsc#984160).
  • CVE-2016-5689: NULL ptr dereference in dcm coder (bsc#985460).
  • CVE-2014-9853: Memory leak in rle file handling (bsc#984408).
  • CVE-2015-8902: PDB file DoS (CPU consumption) (bsc#983253).
  • CVE-2015-8903: Denial of service (cpu) in vicar (bsc#983259).
  • CVE-2015-8901: MIFF file DoS (endless loop) (bsc#983234).
  • CVE-2014-9834: Heap overflow in pict file (bsc#984436).
  • CVE-2014-9806: Prevent file descriptr leak due to corrupted file (bsc#983774).
  • CVE-2014-9838: Out of memory crash in magick/cache.c (bsc#984370).
  • CVE-2014-9854: Filling memory during identification of TIFF image (bsc#984184).
  • CVE-2015-8898: Prevent null pointer access in magick/constitute.c (bsc#983746).
  • CVE-2015-8894: Double free in coders/tga.c:221 (bsc#983523).
  • CVE-2015-8896: Double free / integer truncation issue in coders/pict.c:2000 (bsc#983533).
  • CVE-2015-8897: Out of bounds error in SpliceImage (bsc#983739).
  • CVE-2016-5690: Bad foor loop in DCM coder (bsc#985451).
  • CVE-2016-5691: Checks for pixel.red/green/blue in dcm coder (bsc#985456).
  • CVE-2014-9805: SEGV due to a corrupted pnm file. (bsc#983752).
  • CVE-2014-9808: SEGV due to corrupted dpc images. (bsc#983796).
  • CVE-2014-9820: heap overflow in xpm files (bsc#984150).
  • CVE-2014-9823: heap overflow in palm file (bsc#984401).
  • CVE-2014-9822: heap overflow in quantum file (bsc#984187).
  • CVE-2014-9839: Theoretical out of bound access in magick/colormap-private.h (bsc#984379).
  • CVE-2014-9824: Heap overflow in psd file (bsc#984185).
  • CVE-2014-9809: Fix a SEGV due to corrupted xwd images. (bsc#983799).
  • CVE-2014-9826: Incorrect error handling in sun files (bsc#984186).
  • CVE-2014-9842: Memory leak in psd handling (bsc#984374).
  • CVE-2016-5687: Out of bounds read in DDS coder (bsc#985448).
  • CVE-2014-9840: Out of bound access in palm file (bsc#984433).
  • CVE-2014-9847: Incorrect handling of 'previous' image in the JNG decoder (bsc#984144).
  • CVE-2014-9846: Added checks to prevent overflow in rle file. (bsc#983521).
  • CVE-2014-9845: Crash due to corrupted dib file (bsc#984394).
  • CVE-2014-9844: Out of bound issue in rle file (bsc#984373).
  • CVE-2014-9849: Crash in png coder (bsc#984018).
  • CVE-2016-5688: Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick WPG (bsc#985442).
  • CVE-2014-9807: Fix a double free in pdb coder. (bsc#983794).
  • CVE-2014-9829: Out of bound access in sun file (bsc#984409).
  • CVE-2016-4564: The DrawImage function in MagickCore/draw.c in ImageMagick made an incorrect function call in attempting to locate the next token, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file (bsc#983308).
  • CVE-2016-4563: The TraceStrokePolygon function in MagickCore/draw.c in ImageMagick mishandled the relationship between the BezierQuantum value and certain strokes data, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1783-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

GraphicsMagick was updated to fix 37 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-9810: SEGV in dpx file handler (bsc#983803).
  • CVE-2014-9811: Crash in xwd file handler (bsc#984032).
  • CVE-2014-9813: Crash on corrupted viff file (bsc#984035).
  • CVE-2014-9814: NULL pointer dereference in wpg file handling (bsc#984193).
  • CVE-2014-9815: Crash on corrupted wpg file (bsc#984372).
  • CVE-2014-9816: Out of bound access in viff image (bsc#984398).
  • CVE-2014-9817: Heap buffer overflow in pdb file handling (bsc#984400).
  • CVE-2014-9818: Out of bound access on malformed sun file (bsc#984181).
  • CVE-2014-9819: Heap overflow in palm files (bsc#984142).
  • CVE-2014-9830: Handling of corrupted sun file (bsc#984135).
  • CVE-2014-9831: Handling of corrupted wpg file (bsc#984375).
  • CVE-2014-9837: Additional PNM sanity checks (bsc#984166).
  • CVE-2014-9834: Heap overflow in pict file (bsc#984436).
  • CVE-2014-9853: Memory leak in rle file handling (bsc#984408).
  • CVE-2015-8903: Denial of service (cpu) in vicar (bsc#983259).
  • CVE-2015-8901: MIFF file DoS (endless loop) (bsc#983234).
  • CVE-2016-5688: Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick WPG (bsc#985442).
  • CVE-2015-8894: Double free in coders/tga.c:221 (bsc#983523).
  • CVE-2015-8896: Double free / integer truncation issue in coders/pict.c:2000 (bsc#983533).
  • CVE-2014-9807: Double free in pdb coder. (bsc#983794).
  • CVE-2014-9828: Corrupted (too many colors) psd file (bsc#984028).
  • CVE-2014-9805: SEGV due to a corrupted pnm file (bsc#983752).
  • CVE-2014-9808: SEGV due to corrupted dpc images (bsc#983796).
  • CVE-2014-9820: Heap overflow in xpm files (bsc#984150).
  • CVE-2014-9839: Theoretical out of bound access in magick/colormap-private.h (bsc#984379).
  • CVE-2014-9809: SEGV due to corrupted xwd images. (bsc#983799).
  • CVE-2016-5240: SVG converting issue resulting in DoS (endless loop) (bsc#983309).
  • CVE-2014-9840: Out of bound access in palm file (bsc#984433).
  • CVE-2014-9847: Incorrect handling of 'previous' image in the JNG decoder (bsc#984144).
  • CVE-2016-5241: Arithmetic exception (div by 0) in SVG conversion (bsc#983455).
  • CVE-2014-9845: Crash due to corrupted dib file (bsc#984394).
  • CVE-2014-9844: Out of bound issue in rle file (bsc#984373).
  • CVE-2014-9835: Heap overflow in wpf file (bsc#984145).
  • CVE-2014-9829: Out of bound access in sun file (bsc#984409).
  • CVE-2014-9846: Added checks to prevent overflow in rle file. (bsc#983521).
  • CVE-2016-2317: Multiple vulnerabilities when parsing and processing SVG files (bsc#965853).
  • CVE-2016-2318: Multiple vulnerabilities when parsing and processing SVG files (bsc#965853).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1783-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1784-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

ImageMagick was updated to fix 66 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-9810: SEGV in dpx file handler. (bsc#983803).
  • CVE-2014-9811: Crash in xwd file handler (bsc#984032).
  • CVE-2014-9812: NULL pointer dereference in ps file handling (bsc#984137).
  • CVE-2014-9813: Crash on corrupted viff file (bsc#984035).
  • CVE-2014-9814: NULL pointer dereference in wpg file handling (bsc#984193).
  • CVE-2014-9815: Crash on corrupted wpg file (bsc#984372).
  • CVE-2014-9816: Out of bound access in viff image (bsc#984398).
  • CVE-2014-9817: Heap buffer overflow in pdb file handling (bsc#984400).
  • CVE-2014-9818: Out of bound access on malformed sun file (bsc#984181).
  • CVE-2014-9819: Heap overflow in palm files (bsc#984142).
  • CVE-2014-9830: Handling of corrupted sun file (bsc#984135).
  • CVE-2014-9831: Handling of corrupted wpg file (bsc#984375).
  • CVE-2014-9850: Incorrect thread limit logic (bsc#984149).
  • CVE-2014-9851: Crash when parsing resource block (bsc#984160).
  • CVE-2014-9852: Incorrect usage of object after it has been destroyed (bsc#984191).
  • CVE-2014-9853: Memory leak in rle file handling (bsc#984408).
  • CVE-2015-8902: PDB file DoS (CPU consumption) (bsc#983253).
  • CVE-2015-8903: Denial of service (cpu) in vicar (bsc#983259).
  • CVE-2015-8900: HDR file DoS (endless loop) (bsc#983232).
  • CVE-2015-8901: MIFF file DoS (endless loop) (bsc#983234).
  • CVE-2016-5688: Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick WPG (bsc#985442).
  • CVE-2014-9834: Heap overflow in pict file (bsc#984436).
  • CVE-2014-9806: Prevent leak of file descriptor due to corrupted file. (bsc#983774).
  • CVE-2016-5687: Out of bounds read in DDS coder (bsc#985448).
  • CVE-2014-9838: Out of memory crash in magick/cache.c (bsc#984370).
  • CVE-2014-9854: Filling memory during identification of TIFF image (bsc#984184).
  • CVE-2015-8898: Prevent null pointer access in magick/constitute.c (bsc#983746).
  • CVE-2014-9833: Heap overflow in psd file (bsc#984406).
  • CVE-2015-8894: Double free in coders/tga.c:221 (bsc#983523).
  • CVE-2015-8895: Integer and Buffer overflow in coders/icon.c (bsc#983527).
  • CVE-2015-8896: Double free / integer truncation issue in coders/pict.c:2000 (bsc#983533).
  • CVE-2015-8897: Out of bounds error in SpliceImage (bsc#983739).
  • CVE-2016-5690: Bad foor loop in DCM coder (bsc#985451).
  • CVE-2016-5691: Checks for pixel.red/green/blue in dcm coder (bsc#985456).
  • CVE-2014-9836: Crash in xpm file handling (bsc#984023).
  • CVE-2014-9808: SEGV due to corrupted dpc images. (bsc#983796).
  • CVE-2014-9821: Avoid heap overflow in pnm files. (bsc#984014).
  • CVE-2014-9820: Heap overflow in xpm files (bsc#984150).
  • CVE-2014-9823: Heap overflow in palm file (bsc#984401).
  • CVE-2014-9822: Heap overflow in quantum file (bsc#984187).
  • CVE-2014-9825: Heap overflow in corrupted psd file (bsc#984427).
  • CVE-2014-9824: Heap overflow in psd file (bsc#984185).
  • CVE-2014-9809: SEGV due to corrupted xwd images. (bsc#983799).
  • CVE-2014-9826: Incorrect error handling in sun files (bsc#984186).
  • CVE-2014-9843: Incorrect boundary checks in DecodePSDPixels (bsc#984179).
  • CVE-2014-9842: Memory leak in psd handling (bsc#984374).
  • CVE-2014-9841: Throwing of exceptions in psd handling (bsc#984172).
  • CVE-2014-9840: Out of bound access in palm file (bsc#984433).
  • CVE-2014-9847: Incorrect handling of 'previous' image in the JNG decoder (bsc#984144).
  • CVE-2014-9846: Added checks to prevent overflow in rle file. (bsc#983521).
  • CVE-2014-9845: Crash due to corrupted dib file (bsc#984394).
  • CVE-2014-9844: Out of bound issue in rle file (bsc#984373).
  • CVE-2014-9849: Crash in png coder (bsc#984018).
  • CVE-2014-9848: Memory leak in quantum management (bsc#984404).
  • CVE-2014-9807: Double free in pdb coder. (bsc#983794).
  • CVE-2014-9829: Out of bound access in sun file (bsc#984409).
  • CVE-2014-9832: Heap overflow in pcx file (bsc#984183).
  • CVE-2014-9805: SEGV due to a corrupted pnm file. (bsc#983752).
  • CVE-2016-4564: The DrawImage function in MagickCore/draw.c in…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1784-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1599-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7941: The ReadSGIImage function in sgi.c allowed remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file (bsc#1034876).
  • CVE-2017-8351: ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPCDImage func in pcd.c) (bsc#1036986).
  • CVE-2017-8352: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadXWDImage func in xwd.c) (bsc#1036987)
  • CVE-2017-8349: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadSFWImage func in sfw.c) (bsc#1036984)
  • CVE-2017-8350: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadJNGImage function in png.c) (bsc#1036985)
  • CVE-2017-8345: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadMNGImage func in png.c) (bsc#1036980)
  • CVE-2017-8346: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadDCMImage func in dcm.c) (bsc#1036981)
  • CVE-2017-8353: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPICTImage func in pict.c) (bsc#1036988)
  • CVE-2017-8830: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadBMPImage func in bmp.c:1379) (bsc#1038000)
  • CVE-2017-7606: denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image (bsc#1033091)
  • CVE-2017-8765: memory leak vulnerability via a crafted ICON file (ReadICONImage in coders\icon.c) (bsc#1037527)
  • CVE-2017-8355: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadMTVImage func in mtv.c) (bsc#1036990)
  • CVE-2017-8344: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPCXImage func in pcx.c) (bsc#1036978)
  • CVE-2017-9098: uninitialized memory usage in the ReadRLEImage RLE decoder function coders/rle.c (bsc#1040025)
  • CVE-2017-9141: Missing checks in the ReadDDSImage function in coders/dds.c could lead to a denial of service (assertion) (bsc#1040303)
  • CVE-2017-9142: Missing checks in theReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c could lead to denial of service (assertion) (bsc#1040304)
  • CVE-2017-9143: A possible denial of service attack via crafted .art file in ReadARTImage function in coders/art.c (bsc#1040306)
  • CVE-2017-9144: A crafted RLE image can trigger a crash in coders/rle.c could lead to a denial of service (crash) (bsc#1040332)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1599-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3131-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3131-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
 before 8:6.8.9.9-4
8:6.8.9.9-4
imagemagick
Debian:13
 before 8:6.8.9.9-4
8:6.8.9.9-4
imagemagick
Debian:14
 before 8:6.8.9.9-4
8:6.8.9.9-4
imagemagick
Debian:7
 before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u28:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u38:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u48:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u7
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.45.1
6.4.3.6-7.45.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.45.1
6.4.3.6-7.45.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.45.1
6.4.3.6-7.45.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 1.2.5-4.41.1
1.2.5-4.41.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
 before 1.2.5-4.41.1
1.2.5-4.41.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 6.8.8.1-30.2
6.8.8.1-30.2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
 before 6.8.8.1-30.2
6.8.8.1-30.2
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
 before 6.8.8.1-30.2
6.8.8.1-30.2
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
 before 6.8.8.1-30.2
6.8.8.1-30.2
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
 before 6.8.8.1-30.2
6.8.8.1-30.2
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

History

History
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In short

CVE-2014-9846 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Imagemagick, published December 31, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.85%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.8.9.9-4.

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