CVE-2017-6499: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• ImageMagick ImageMagick: version 6.9.7 only

Published 2017-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.