What is CVE-2017-6498?

CVE-2017-6498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-6498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-6498

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

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-03-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.9.7
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/65f75a32a93ae4044c528a987a68366ecd4b4… (Patch)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/359 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96591 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/856878 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6498?: CVE-2017-6498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-6498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.