CVE-2012-4564

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575

http://secunia.com/advisories/51133

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3