Is CVE-2012-4564 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4564 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4564?

CVE-2012-4564 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-4564

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 13.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS score: 13.5% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4492)
Published: November 11, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4492 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
libtiff / libtiff
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51133(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/86878(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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