CVE-2012-0260

Publication date 5 June 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

see fixes in CVE-2012-0259

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462 Upstream: http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/7249

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2132-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
6 March 2014