CVE-2012-4433
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Multiple integer overflows in operations/external/ppm-load.c in GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) 0.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) width or (2) height value in a Portable Pixel Map (ppm) image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=1e92e5235ded0415d555aa86066b8e4041ee5a53
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=4757cdf73d3675478d645a3ec8250ba02168a230
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00054.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1455.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51274
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:081
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027754
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856300
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79822
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