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CVE-2012-1798

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0
• ImageMagick: before 6.7.6-3 — fixed in 6.7.6-3
• Opensuse: 11.4, 12.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
• RedHat Storage: 2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.7.6-3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48974
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49063
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49068
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49317
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55035
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462
• http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629
• http://www.osvdb.org/81023
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032

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