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CVE-2018-14551

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-7 uses an uninitialized variable, leading to memory corruption.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 18.04
• ImageMagick: 7.0.8-7

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1221
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1221
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/

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