CVE-2017-6501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted xcf file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Published: 2017-03-06

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15557	An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted xcf file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00144.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96589
https://bugs.debian.org/856881
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d31fec57e9dfb0516deead2053a856e3c71e9751
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6501
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6501

History

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Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.139Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-6501

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-06T02:59:00.650

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6501

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6501 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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