CVE-2014-8716

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

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).

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in ImageMagick.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in ImageMagick.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1164248: ImageMagick: out-of-bounds memory error in JPEG decoder
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2014-8716

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

3.3

2.1

Attack Vector

Local

Local

Access Complexity

Medium

Low

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

None

Integrity Impact

None

None

Availability Impact

Partial

Partial

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Frequently Asked Questions

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