Medium severity · published Dec 15, 2019
CVE-2014-8561
imagemagick 6.8.9.6 has remote DOS via infinite loop
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
6.8.9-6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8561
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8561
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128944/ImageMagick-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Heap-Overflow.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/3
Broken Link
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8561
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8561
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