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CVE-2012-4564
ppm2tiff does not check the return value of the TIFFScanlineSize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium6.8EPSS 13.5%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.5% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- DSA-2575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 86878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121102 libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 56372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-1631-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- libtiff-ppm2tiff-bo(79750) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121102 Re: libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 51133 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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