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CVE-2012-0259

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0259 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ImageMagick's GetEXIFProperty function, affecting versions prior to 6.7.6-3, as well as Canonical, Debian, and OpenSUSE distributions. An attacker can trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted JPEG file with a zero value in the EXIF XResolution tag's component count. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.7.6-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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-2012-0259Low

ImageMagick: Out-of heap-based buffer read by processing crafted JPEG EXIF header tag value

Mar 28, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48679
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48974
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49043
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49063
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49317
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/55035
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74657
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1435-1
Third Party Advisory
cert.fi / en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2462
Third Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 81021
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/52898
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry