CVE-2012-0259
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0295)
- 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-2012-0295 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- imagemagick / imagemagick
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48679(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48974(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49043(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49063(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49317(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55035(Broken Link)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/81021(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74657(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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