CVE-2017-6499

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6499
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6499.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6499
Downstream
Published
2017-03-06T02:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-16T06:45:26.014244Z
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

Debian:11 / imagemagick

Package

Name
imagemagick
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/imagemagick?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / imagemagick

Package

Name
imagemagick
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/imagemagick?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / imagemagick

Package

Name
imagemagick
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/imagemagick?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / imagemagick

Package

Name
imagemagick
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/imagemagick?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
Last affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.9.4-0
6.9.4-1
6.9.4-10
6.9.4-2
6.9.4-3
6.9.4-4
6.9.4-5
6.9.4-6
6.9.4-7
6.9.4-8
6.9.4-9
6.9.5-0
6.9.5-1
6.9.5-10
6.9.5-2
6.9.5-3
6.9.5-4
6.9.5-5
6.9.5-6
6.9.5-7
6.9.5-8
6.9.5-9
6.9.6-0
6.9.6-1
6.9.6-2
6.9.6-3
6.9.6-4
6.9.6-5
6.9.6-6
6.9.6-7
6.9.6-8
6.9.7-0

Database specific

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "248660036944386108087793670833917111321",
                "length": 3492.0
            },
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "id": "CVE-2017-6499-8cc4e5e2",
            "source": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543",
            "target": {
                "file": "Magick++/lib/Exception.cpp",
                "function": "Magick::throwException"
            }
        },
        {
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "6058760152057690314957711263477748557",
                    "222437857192992042891852274709053450949",
                    "50242467735298415675732450125462585538",
                    "147686671176218989504610134138533084043",
                    "220932942829007231307659732853770545817",
                    "37221708634744324167224626411514613768",
                    "220604776083631158661753124968767850186",
                    "242680235252163597621729696455996227181",
                    "183140778294923579858367659229865297313"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "id": "CVE-2017-6499-b8e2ce33",
            "source": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543",
            "target": {
                "file": "Magick++/lib/Exception.cpp"
            }
        }
    ]
}