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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-12 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b25575070604487523118ecc893b2ad7bca78f7373f6f85abe607978e658b368
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1559-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
- git.gnome.orghttp://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c
- www.exploit-db.com19482http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.ukhttp://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgimp-fit-dos(76658)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
- archives.neohapsis.com20120629 GIMP FIT File Format DoShttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:082http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1080http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
- www.securityfocus.com54246http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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