CVE-2012-0259

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    CVE-2012-0259

    Published: 5 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/48679, http://secunia.com/advisories/48974, http://secunia.com/advisories/49043, http://secunia.com/advisories/49063, http://secunia.com/advisories/49317, http://secunia.com/advisories/55035, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462, http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74657, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html, http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259, http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259, http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html, http://www.osvdb.org/81021

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High