# CVE-2014-9845: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a corrupted DIB file to the ImageMagick library.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9845, GHSA-768x-wc78-6cc7, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9845

## What is CVE-2014-9845?

CVE-2014-9845 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The ReadDIBImage function in coders/dib.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a corrupted dib file.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9845?

It affects 11 products.


Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Opensuse Project Leap, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension, Suse Studio Onsite.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9845?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2014-9845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

- [CVE-2020-11651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11651/): SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-7247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7247/): OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-16928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16928/): Exim Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-6789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6789/): Exim Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-2590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2590/): Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9845 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9845 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9845/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9845/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9845
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9845
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9845

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9845/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.