CVE-2014-9907

Publication date 25 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

coders/dds.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DDS file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5

Notes

mdeslaur

0123-Added-check-for-bogus-num_images-value-for-DDS-file.patch, 0124-Added-extra-EOF-check-and-some-minor-refactoring.patch, 0125-Moved-EOF-check.patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: 21eae25 Upstream: d7325ba Upstream: 504ada8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3131-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
21 November 2016