CVE-2017-6499

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6499
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6499.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6499
Downstream
Published
2017-03-06T02:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-14T14:33:39Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Git / github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick6
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Database specific

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