CVE-2012-3236

medium

Published 2012-07-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-19482 dos multiple

Joseph Sheridan · 2012-06-30

GIMP 2.8.0 - '.FIT' File Format Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.8.2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gimp	gimp	`{"endExcluding":"2.9.2"}`	`2.9.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.