CVE-2012-4564
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 14%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 96
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (8)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51133
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/86878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51133
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/86878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750
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