CVE-2012-0247

Description

ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted offset and count values in the ResolutionUnit tag in the EXIF IFD0 of an image.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.21% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory imagemagick.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20286 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49068 third party advisory broken link
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48259 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49043 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49063 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47926 third party advisory broken link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48247 third party advisory broken link
http://www.osvdb.org/79003 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0247?
CVE-2012-0247 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0247?
To fix CVE-2012-0247, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0247 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0247 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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