CVE-2012-1798

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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 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.

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-2012-1798

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.7.4.0-4
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.7.4.0-4
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.7.4.0-4
debian debiansidfixed8:6.7.4.0-4
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.7.4.0-4
suse suse11.4affected
suse suse12.1affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel6.2affected
debian debian6.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endExcluding":"6.7.6-3"}6.7.6-3
redhat redhatstorage2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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