CVE-2012-4564

libtiff < 4.0.3 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Crafted PPM Image

Title source: llm

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.

References (11)

Core 11

Core References

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://www.osvdb.org/86878

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7

Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51133

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2717

EPSS Percentile 96.5%

Details

Status published

Products (16)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10

debian/debian_linux 6.0

debian/debian_linux 7.0

libtiff/libtiff < 4.0.3

opensuse/opensuse 11.4

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0

... and 6 more

Published Nov 11, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026