CVE-2012-1186
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the SyncImageProfiles function in profile.c in ImageMagick 6.7.5-8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted IOP tag offsets in the IFD in an image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0248.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-835
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1215)
- 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-2012-1215 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://secunia.com/advisories/47926(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48974(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49043(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49317(Broken Link)
- http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/6998/ImageMagick/branches/ImageMagick-6.7.5/magick/profile.c(Broken Link)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/80555(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51957(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1186(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76139(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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