CVE-2014-9844: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.8.9.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted image file.

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
• Suse Studio Onsite: version 1.3 only

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