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CVE-2012-0248 Detail

Description

ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang) via a crafted image whose IFD contains IOP tags that all reference the beginning of the IDF.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/47926 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48247 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48259 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49043 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49063 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49068 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20286 CERT/CC, CVE Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/79003 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51957 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0248
NVD Published Date:
06/05/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
CERT/CC