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CVE-2017-14741 (GCVE-0-2017-14741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-26 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:34
VLAI
Summary
The ReadCAPTIONImage function in coders/caption.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted font file.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/771 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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Date Public
2017-09-25 00:00
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