CVE-2017-6499

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6499
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-06 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.9.7 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.9.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fixed memory leak when creating nested exceptions in Magick++. · ImageMagick/ImageMagick@3358f06 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3808-1 imagemagick DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Exception.cpp/throwException: memory leak with nested exceptions - ImageMagick CONFIRM www.imagemagick.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
ImageMagick CVE-2017-6499 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#856880 - CVE-2017-6499: Magick++ memory leak - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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