$ cve CVE-2018-14551 JSON

CVE-2018-14551

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-7 uses an uninitialized variable, leading to memory corruption.

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	4.03% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-787
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	none known
Published	2018-07-23
Last modified	2026-06-17

Vendor	Product
canonical	ubuntu linux
imagemagick	imagemagick