Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6499

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).

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Affected products

ImageMagick/Imagemagick
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96590nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.debian.org/856880nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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