CVE-2012-4564

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLibtiff
PublishedNov 11, 2012
First seenNov 11, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libtiff libtiffv ≤ 4.0.3—
debian debian_linux6.0, 7.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0—
opensuse opensuse11.4—

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