CVE-2012-3236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09325.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gimp	Gimp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-3214	fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.
Ubuntu USN	USN-1559-1	GIMP vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3236
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3236

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-07-12T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:57:50.253Z

Reserved: 2012-06-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3236

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-12T21:55:06.937

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3236

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3236 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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