Is CVE-2012-4447 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-4447 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-4447?

CVE-2012-4447 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-4447?

CVE-2012-4447 has an EPSS score of 6.73% (93th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4447?

Upgrade tiff on debian 11 to 4.0.2-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-4447

MEDIUMEPSS 93th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:4.0.2-4CVE-2012-4447

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

6.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references9

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.