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CVE-2014-9848

Memory leak in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 10 products from opensuse, from opensuse, from opensuse_project and 7 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2017, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2017-03-20T16:59:01.110

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_raspberry_pi	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.10	Yes
Application	imagemagick	imagemagick	< 6.9.4-0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3131-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343507 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3131-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343507 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.