CVE-2014-1958

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in the DecodePSDPixels function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick before 6.8.8-5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PSD image, involving the L%06ld string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2030.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
ImageMagick: before 6.8.8-5 — fixed in 6.8.8-5
Opensuse: 11.4, 12.3, 13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.8.8-5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00039.html
http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/14801
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2132-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/13/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/13/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00039.html
http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/14801
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2132-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/13/2

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