CVE-2012-3236

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3236
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-12 21:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionfits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gimp Gimp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:082 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
GIMP FIT File Format DoS by Joseph Sheridan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk Exploit, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Exploit
Bug 676804 - file handling DoS for fit file format (ace45631) · Commits · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
GIMP 'fit' File Format Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 676804 – file handling DoS for fit file format af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GIMP 2.8.0 FIT File Format DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1080-1: important: gimp to fix vari af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-1559-1: GIMP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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