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CVE-2012-0259

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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.

References

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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74657

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-0295

http://www.osvdb.org/81021

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629

http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/55035

http://secunia.com/advisories/49317

http://secunia.com/advisories/49063

http://secunia.com/advisories/49043

http://secunia.com/advisories/48974

http://secunia.com/advisories/48679

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02333

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