Is CVE-2014-9853 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9853 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9853?

CVE-2014-9853 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2014-9853?

Patch guidance is available from imagemagick security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-9853.

CVE-2014-9853 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-9853?

15 products: imagemagick imagemagick, suse linux enterprise debuginfo, novell leap, opensuse leap, opensuse opensuse, and 10 more.

Description

Memory leak in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted rle file.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-399

Metadata

Primary Vendor: IMAGEMAGICK
Published: 3/17/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

imagemagick : imagemagicksuse : linux_enterprise_debuginfonovell : leapopensuse : leapopensuse : opensuseopensuse_project : suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitsuse : linux_enterprise_desktopsuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_software_development_kitsuse : linux_enterprise_workstation_extensioncanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD