CVE-2017-6499
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 6.9.7 | |
References
- 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://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6499.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6499
CWEs
CWE-772
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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