CVE-2017-6499 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted file creating a nested exception could lead to a memory leak (thus, a DoS).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00275.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Imagemagick	Imagemagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96590
https://bugs.debian.org/856880
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6499
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6499
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-06T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:19.876Z

Reserved: 2017-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6499

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-06T02:59:00.587

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6499

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6499 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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