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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-3236 · published 12 July 2012

CVE-2012-3236: Gimp null pointer dereference vulnerability

Gimp · Gimp

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-476 · NULL pointer dereference
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 8 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html Broken LinkExploit
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 Broken Link
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html Broken LinkExploit
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 Broken Link
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-3236), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.