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CVE-2017-6498

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. Incorrect TGA files could trigger assertion failures, thus leading to DoS.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• ImageMagick: 6.9.7

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96591
• https://bugs.debian.org/856878
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/65f75a32a93ae4044c528a987a68366ecd4b46b9
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/359
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96591
• https://bugs.debian.org/856878
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/65f75a32a93ae4044c528a987a68366ecd4b46b9
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/359

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