CVE-2012-0260

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Published 2012-06-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The JPEGWarningHandler function in coders/jpeg.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a JPEG image with a crafted sequence of restart markers.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0260

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.7.4.0-4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.7.4.0-4`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.7.4.0-4`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.7.4.0-4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.7.4.0-4`
suse	11.4	affected
suse	12.1	affected
rhel	5.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	6.2	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
ubuntu	13.10	affected
debian	6.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endExcluding":"6.7.6-3"}`	`6.7.6-3`
redhat	storage	`2.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-400

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.