CVE-2012-3236

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.

• CWE-476

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163cExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082Broken Link
• http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163cExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082Broken Link
• http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Jul 12, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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