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).
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
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-03-06
Updated: 2025-04-20
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.00275