CVE-2012-4447

medium
Published 2012-10-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.

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-2012-4447

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51049

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49938

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.2-4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.2-4
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.2-4
debian debiansidfixed4.0.2-4
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.2-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libtifflibtiff{"endIncluding":"4.0.2"}
libtifflibtiff3.4
libtifflibtiff3.5.1
libtifflibtiff3.5.2
libtifflibtiff3.5.3
libtifflibtiff3.5.4
libtifflibtiff3.5.5
libtifflibtiff3.5.6
libtifflibtiff3.5.7
libtifflibtiff3.6.0
libtifflibtiff3.6.1
libtifflibtiff3.7.0
libtifflibtiff3.7.1
libtifflibtiff3.7.2
libtifflibtiff3.7.3
libtifflibtiff3.7.4
libtifflibtiff3.8.0
libtifflibtiff3.8.1
libtifflibtiff3.8.2
libtifflibtiff3.9
libtifflibtiff3.9.0
libtifflibtiff3.9.1
libtifflibtiff3.9.2
libtifflibtiff3.9.2-5.2.1
libtifflibtiff3.9.3
libtifflibtiff3.9.4
libtifflibtiff3.9.5
libtifflibtiff4.0
libtifflibtiff4.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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