CVE-2014-9846 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in ImageMagick's RLE image reader to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9846?
CVE-2014-9846 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9846?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Opensuse Project Leap, Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9846?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-9846 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9846 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9846, GHSA-fx7w-v837-p52c, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9846.