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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7521

Heap-based buffer overflow in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PSD file.

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1 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-7521

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2017, 18:59 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PSD file.

osv:CVE-2016-7521
Complete source record
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