CVE-2012-4447
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4379)
- Published
- October 28, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4379 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libtiff / libtiff
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49938(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51049(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2561
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/9
- http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.3.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55673
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860198
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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