CVE-2012-1610

Description

Integer overflow in the GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large component count for certain EXIF tags in a JPEG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0259.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.03% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory imagemagick.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/55035 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/6 third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/49043 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/81024 vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898 vdb entry third party advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48974 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49317 third party advisory broken link
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74660 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1610?
CVE-2012-1610 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1610?
To fix CVE-2012-1610, 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-2012-1610 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1610 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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