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
02 Description
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
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
- 13.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% 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
- 2012-11-11 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dc5cd7d290f0556358c097fc17137bce9a7ec8739a45acb7106027015b16c4a4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-2575http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575
- www.osvdb.org86878http://www.osvdb.org/86878
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121102 libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3
- www.securityfocus.com56372http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1631-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0187http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibtiff-ppm2tiff-bo(79750)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121102 Re: libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7
- secunia.com51133http://secunia.com/advisories/51133
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1590http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.2-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.2-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.2-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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