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CVE-2012-0247

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0247 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 6.7.5-7 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted EXIF data in an image. This vulnerability, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat, carries a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.7.5-7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0382 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.2.8.0-15.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.5.4.7-6.el6_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0247Moderate

ImageMagick: invalid validation of images denial of service

Feb 3, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47926
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48247
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48259
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49043
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49063
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49068
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1435-1
Third Party Advisory
cert.fi / en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2427
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml
Third Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 79003
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry