Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2012-1610 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ImageMagick Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software |
Vendor | ImageMagick.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU44016
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1610
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large component count for certain EXIF tags in a JPEG image.
MitigationUpdate to version 6.7.6-4.
Vulnerable software versionsImageMagick: 6.7.0-0 - 6.7.6-3
CPE2.3http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48974
http://secunia.com/advisories/49043
http://secunia.com/advisories/49317
http://secunia.com/advisories/55035
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/6
http://www.osvdb.org/81024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74660
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.