CVE-2012-1186

Publication date 23 April 2012

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Integer overflow in the SyncImageProfiles function in profile.c in ImageMagick 6.7.5-8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted IOP tag offsets in the IFD in an image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0248.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0248 see fixes in CVE-2012-0247

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1435-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 1 May 2012

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