NULL pointer dereference in Gimp
CVE-2012-3236
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.107 (95.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.107 · newest: 0.107 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html (mailing-list, Exploit, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)