Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2012-0259
Published: June 6, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44019
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0259
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0259
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629
- http://www.osvdb.org/81021
- 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