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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9143

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadARTImage function in coders/art.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted .art file.

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1 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-9143

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 May 2017, 14:29 UTC

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadARTImage function in coders/art.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted .art file.

osv:CVE-2017-9143
Complete source record
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