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CVE-2014-9852

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-913

Description

distribute-cache.c in ImageMagick re-uses objects after they have been destroyed, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.4-0 — fixed in 6.9.4-0
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• Opensuse: 13.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12-sp1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-sp1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-sp1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12-sp1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.4-0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
• https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=37ec7d53dcb99fbd1f5c33442594d5e279630563
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343512
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00018.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
• https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/imagemagick.git/commit/?h=debian-patches/6.8.9.9-4-for-upstream&id=37ec7d53dcb99fbd1f5c33442594d5e279630563
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343512

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