CVE-2012-3236

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

fits-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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163cExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082Broken Link
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163cExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082Broken Link
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jul 12, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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