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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-3481 · published 25 August 2012

CVE-2012-3481: Gimp integer overflow vulnerability

Gimp · Gimp

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted height and len properties in a GIF image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.1% · top 7.9% CWE-190 · Integer overflow
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted height and len properties in a GIF image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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

Affected products

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

References

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1180.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50296 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:142 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/8 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55101 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027411 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776572 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847303 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1180.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50296 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:142 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/8 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55101 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027411 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776572 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847303 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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