CVE-2012-3236

N/A Unknown

Published: July 12, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Exploit

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html