CVE-2012-3481

medium
Published 2012-08-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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 (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted height and len properties in a GIF image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3481

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.8.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.8.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.8.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2.8.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.8.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gimpgimp{"endIncluding":"2.8.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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