CVE-2012-3236
N/A
Published: July 12, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGIMP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163cVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlExploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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