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CVE-2012-4564

Published: Nov 11, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4564
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibtiffLibtiff*4.0.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibtiff-0:3.8.2-18.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibtiff-0:3.9.4-9.el6_3*
TiffUbuntudevel*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
TiffUbuntuhardy*
TiffUbuntulucid*
TiffUbuntuoneiric*
TiffUbuntuprecise*
TiffUbuntuquantal*
TiffUbunturaring*
TiffUbuntusaucy*
TiffUbuntutrusty*
TiffUbuntutrusty/esm*
TiffUbuntuupstream*
Tiff3Ubuntuquantal*
Tiff3Ubunturaring*
Tiff3Ubuntusaucy*
Tiff3Ubuntuupstream*

References

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