FreeBSD : ImageMagick -- denial of service via a crafted font file (16fb4f83-a2ab-11e7-9c14-009c02a2ab30)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103522

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

MITRE reports :

The ReadCAPTIONImage function in coders/caption.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted font file.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103522

File Name: freebsd_pkg_16fb4f83a2ab11e79c14009c02a2ab30.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2017

Updated: 11/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imagemagick-nox11, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imagemagick7-nox11, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imagemagick7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imagemagick, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14741

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