{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6499","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).","modified":"2026-04-22T12:26:27.373242Z","published":"2017-03-05T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3232-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-6499"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6499"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3232-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6499"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"imagemagick","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/imagemagick@8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"}]}],"versions":["8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu2","8:6.8.9.9-6","8:6.8.9.9-6build1","8:6.8.9.9-7","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu2","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu3","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu4","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4","8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"imagemagick","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"imagemagick-6.q16","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"imagemagick-common","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libimage-magick-perl","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libimage-magick-q16-perl","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagick++-6-headers","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagick++-6.q16-5v5","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickcore-6-arch-config","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickcore-6-headers","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickcore-6.q16-2","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickwand-6-headers","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"libmagickwand-6.q16-2","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"},{"binary_name":"perlmagick","binary_version":"8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.6"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6499.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}