CVE-2012-1798

Publication date 29 March 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The TIFFGetEXIFProperties function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted EXIF IFD in a TIFF image.

Read the notes from the security team

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
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

may have been incorrectly referred to as CVE-2012-1768 in some commits and changelogs. see fixes in CVE-2012-0259

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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