Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6501",
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    "title": "CVE-2017-6501",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted xcf file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference.",
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                "source": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/d31fec57e9dfb0516deead2053a856e3c71e9751",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T14:03:27.579104351Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/856881",
        "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d31fec57e9dfb0516deead2053a856e3c71e9751"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442804,
  "published_at": "2017-03-06T02:59:00.65+00:00"
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