CVE-2012-4564
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)14%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51133Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/86878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372Advisory