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
- 2025-10-29T23:33:16Z
- 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
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Database specific
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