NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.05% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-402709
  • published6 Mar 2017
  • disclosed6 Mar 2017

Introduced: 6 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6497  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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