Vulnerability in Imagemagick
CVE-2012-0248
ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang) via a crafted image whose IFD contains IOP tags that all reference the beginning of the IDF.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.04, 11.10
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Storage — versions 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49068 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/48259 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49043 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51957 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/49063 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0248?
- CVE-2012-0248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2012-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2012-0248?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.