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CVE-2012-3236

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-3214

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10748