CVE-2012-0260

Publication date 5 June 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

Notes

mdeslaur

see fixes in CVE-2012-0259

Patch details

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Package	Patch details

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