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 · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96590Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/856880Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96590Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/856880Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.