# CVE-2012-0247: ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-06-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted offset and count values in the ResolutionUnit tag in the EXIF IFD0 of an image.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-09.xml
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20286
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49068
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability595210.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49063
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2427
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47926
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48247
- http://www.osvdb.org/79003
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0545.html

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