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title: "CVE-2012-1798\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1798

Publication date 29 March 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1798?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1798?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

may have been incorrectly referred to as CVE-2012-1768 in some
commits and changelogs.
see fixes in CVE-2012-0259

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1798)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1798)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1798)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1798)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1435-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1435-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 1 May 2012

### Other references

* <http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1798>