CVE-2014-9842: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the ReadPSDLayers function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 16.10 only
• ImageMagick ImageMagick: version 6.8.8-9 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.2 only
• Opensuse Project Leap: version 42.1 only
• Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 11.0 only
• Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12.0 only
• Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only
• Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only
• Opensuse Project Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: version 12.0 only

Published 2017-03-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.