CVE-2012-4433
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 13.3%EU EUVD
Multiple integer overflows in operations/external/ppm-load.c in GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) 0.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) width or (2) height value in a Portable Pixel Map (ppm) image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 13.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4367)
- Published
- November 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4367 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gegl / gegl
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=1e92e5235ded0415d555aa86066b8e4041ee5a53
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=4757cdf73d3675478d645a3ec8250ba02168a230
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00054.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1455.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51114(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51274(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:081
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027754
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856300
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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