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CVE-2017-9501

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-7 Q16, an assertion failure was found in the function LockSemaphoreInfo, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: 7.0.5-7

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98943
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/01843366d6a7b96e22ad7bb67f3df7d9fd4d5d74
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/491
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98943
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/01843366d6a7b96e22ad7bb67f3df7d9fd4d5d74
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/491

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