CVE-2012-4564

critical

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

Advisories

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

Published: 2012-11-11

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.23331