CVE-2017-6497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted psd file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference (thus, a DoS).

Published: 2017-03-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15553	An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted psd file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference (thus, a DoS).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96594
https://bugs.debian.org/856882
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7f2dc7a1afc067d0c89f12c82bcdec0445fb1b94
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6497
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6497

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-06T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.187Z

Reserved: 2017-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-06T02:59:00.527

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:22:26.937

Link: CVE-2017-6497

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6497 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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