ImageMagick: invalid validation of images denial of service
Published Jun 5, 2012
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.10%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 6.7.5-7
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 11.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
Configuration 4
- 2.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.2
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 5.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick-0:6.2.8.0-15.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0545
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick-0:6.5.4.7-6.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0544
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ImageMagick
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick-0:6.2.8.0-15.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0545 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick-0:6.5.4.7-6.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0544 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02096) | 80.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02096) | 79.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00286) | 50.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01121) | 85.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01121) | 83.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01321) | 83.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47926 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48247 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48259 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49043 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49063 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20286 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/79003 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51957 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0248 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789443 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0248
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0248
Change history (0)
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