CVE-2012-1185 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2012-1185?

CVE-2012-1185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Jun 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in (1) magick/profile.c or (2) magick/property.c in ImageMagick 6.7.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted offset value in the ResolutionUnit tag in the EXIF IFD0 of an image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0247.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1185?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1185?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-1185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1185, GHSA-6j5v-g8wm-9r98.