CVE-2017-6501

Publication date 6 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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