Is CVE-2012-3481 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3481 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3481?

CVE-2012-3481 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-3481

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 5.1% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3437)
Published: August 25, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3437 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://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 List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55101(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027411(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776572(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847303(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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