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CVE-2012-1186

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1186 is an integer overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 6.7.5-8 and earlier, specifically within the SyncImageProfiles function, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. An attacker could exploit this by providing crafted IOP tag offsets in an image's IFD, leading to a denial of service through an infinite loop. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, but has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.7.5-8CPE 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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1186

ImageMagick: Incorrect fix for CVE-2012-0248

Mar 19, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47926
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48974
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49043
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49317
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76139
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
trac.imagemagick.org / changeset/6998/ImageMagick/branches/ImageMagick-6.7.5/magick/profile.c
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1435-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2462
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 80555
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/51957
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry