CVE-2012-1186

Publication date 23 April 2012

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in the SyncImageProfiles function in profile.c in ImageMagick 6.7.5-8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted IOP tag offsets in the IFD in an image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0248.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0248 see fixes in CVE-2012-0247

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1435-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
1 May 2012