Vulnerability in Libtiff
CVE-2012-4564
ppm2tiff does not check the return value of the TIFFScanlineSize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PPM image that triggers an integer overflow, a zero-memory allocation, and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.135 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.135 · newest: 0.135 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libtiff
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 8.04, 10.04, 11.10
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0, 6.0
References
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/86878 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/51133 (Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)