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CVE-2017-6500

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6500 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in ImageMagick 6.9.7, triggered by specially crafted sun files, affecting various Debian and ImageMagick installations. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to cause a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6500Low

ImageMagick: Heap-buffer overflow in sun.c

Feb 8, 2017

References

bugs.debian.org / 856879
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3007531bfd326c5c1e29cd41d2cd80c166de8528
Patch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/375
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/376
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3808
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96592
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry