What is CVE-2017-9143?

CVE-2017-9143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-9143?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

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.

Published 2017-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.5-5
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/456 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98682 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3b0fe05cddd8910f84e51b4d50099702ea45b… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9143?: CVE-2017-9143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-9143?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.