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ImagemagickApplication

CVE-2014-8716

MEDIUM · 6.2 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-04-11
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 6.8.9-8 or later.
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67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The JPEG decoder in ImageMagick before 6.8.9-9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A vulnerability exists in the JPEG decoder component of ImageMagick versions prior to 6.8.9-9. The flaw allows local users to trigger an out-of-bounds memory access condition by processing a specially crafted JPEG image, resulting in a denial of service via application crash.

MitigationUpgrade ImageMagick to version 6.8.9-9 or later to patch the vulnerable JPEG decoder component. After upgrading, validate that ImageMagick processes images correctly and test with various JPEG files.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ImagemagickApplication
Affected:<= 6.8.9-8

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify ImageMagick installation and version
    Run 'identify -version' or 'convert -version' to display the installed ImageMagick version information
    Affected if The reported version is 6.8.9-8 or earlier
  2. Cross-reference version against affected range
    Compare the installed version number to the affected range (6.8.9-8 and earlier). ImageMagick versions follow the format major.minor.patch (e.g., 6.8.9-8 means patch level 8).
    Affected if The installed version is 6.8.9-8 or any version with a lower patch number in the 6.8.9 series
  3. Confirm JPEG support is enabled
    Run 'identify -list configure | grep -i jpeg' or 'convert -list configure | grep -i jpeg' to check if JPEG delegate/library support is compiled into the installation
    Affected if JPEG support is present and the version check shows vulnerability (steps 1-2)

The environment is affected if ImageMagick is installed with a version of 6.8.9-8 or earlier and JPEG support is enabled, as the vulnerability resides specifically in the JPEG decoder component.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 6.8.9-8
Interim mitigation

Upgrade ImageMagick to version 6.8.9-9 or later to patch the vulnerable JPEG decoder component. After upgrading, validate that ImageMagick processes images correctly and test with various JPEG files.

Fix this in Imagemagick Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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