What is CVE-2017-6501?

CVE-2017-6501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-6501?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-6501

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

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: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.9.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d31fec57e9dfb0516deead2053a856e3c71e9… (Patch)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96589 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugs.debian.org/856881 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6501?: CVE-2017-6501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-6501?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.