CVE-2012-1610 Integer overflow in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick due to an integer overflow in EXIF processing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-1610?
CVE-2012-1610 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Integer overflow in the GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large component count for certain EXIF tags in a JPEG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0259.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1610?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1610?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-1610 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1610 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1610, GHSA-6gr8-x4xf-h967.