Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2012-0260
Published: June 6, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44020
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-2012-0260
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 JPEGWarningHandler function in coders/jpeg.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a JPEG image with a crafted sequence of restart markers.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0260
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49063
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55035
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57224
- 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/81022
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2132-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74658