CVE-2012-3236
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.3)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 11%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 96
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · GIMP 2.8.0 - '.FIT' File Format Denial of Service (30/6/2012)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
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