PT-2012-4590 · Gnu+2 · Gimp+2

Joe · Published 2012-07-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-3236

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIMP versions prior to 2.8.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file. This can be achieved by using a long string.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.1, update to version 2.8.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of malformed .fit files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1717

CVE-2012-3236

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1080-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1

SUSE-SU-2012_0966-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gimp

Suse

References · 67

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/gimp_script_fu.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01590 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17789 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3236 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08773 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08774 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08769 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08772 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06191 · Security Note