Is CVE-2012-3236 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3236 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3236?

CVE-2012-3236 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-3236

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 10.7%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 10.7% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3214)
Published: July 12, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3214 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gimp / gimp

References

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

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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