CVE-2012-0259

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Published 2012-06-05 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a zero value in the component count of an EXIF XResolution tag in a JPEG file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2012-0259 NameCVE-2012-0259 DescriptionThe GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a zero value in the component count of an EXIF XResolution tag in a JPEG file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo,โ€ฆ

CVE-2012-0259

NameCVE-2012-0259
DescriptionThe GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a zero value in the component count of an EXIF XResolution tag in a JPEG file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2462-1
Debian Bugs667635

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
imagemagick (PTS)bullseye8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u13fixed
bookworm8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u9fixed
bookworm (security)8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10fixed
trixie8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u8fixed
trixie (security)8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9fixed
forky, sid8:7.1.2.23+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
imagemagicksourcesqueeze8:6.6.0.4-3+squeeze3DSA-2462-1
imagemagicksource(unstable)8:6.7.4.0-4667635

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OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
12.1 Affected โ€”
11.4 Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
12.04 Affected โ€”
11.10 Affected โ€”
11.04 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 8:6.7.4.0-4
sid Fixed 8:6.7.4.0-4
forky Fixed 8:6.7.4.0-4
bullseye Fixed 8:6.7.4.0-4
bookworm Fixed 8:6.7.4.0-4
6.0 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endExcluding":"6.7.6-3"}6.7.6-3

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.