Is CVE-2012-0247 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-0247 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-0247?

CVE-2012-0247 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-0247

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD

ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted offset and count values in the ResolutionUnit tag in the EXIF IFD0 of an image.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.8% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-0283)
Published: June 5, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0283 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
imagemagick / imagemagick
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / storage

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47926(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48247(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48259(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49043(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49063(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49068(Broken Link)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20286(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/79003(Broken Link)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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