CVE-2017-6499

medium

Description

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).

References

https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543

https://bugs.debian.org/856880

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96590

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-06

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H