CVE-2012-4564
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
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 image that triggers an integer overflow, a zero-memory allocation, and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4564
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51133
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 8.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.10 | affected | |
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| debian | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.3 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.2-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.2-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.2-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.2-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.2-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | {"endIncluding":"4.0.3"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51133
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/86878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4564
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.