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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6499

A specially crafted file creating a nested exception could lead to a memory leak (thus, a DoS).

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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).

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.33% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-772
Affected
imagemagick/imagemagick · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.