CVE-2012-3481
Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
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
- 5.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2012-08-25 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 87fcc8034c86323f9c6643ab26a6bf2f45a9352a635b2470691d686d35a74740
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1038http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00023.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1559-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1180http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1180.html
- www.securitytracker.com1027411http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027411
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1181http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776572
- www.securityfocus.com55101http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55101
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:082http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1080http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1131http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847303
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:142http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:142
- secunia.com50296http://secunia.com/advisories/50296
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120820 The Gimp GIF plug-in CVE-2012-3481 issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/8
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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