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CVE-2012-3236 json

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…

published 2012-07-12 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3214

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.7%
EPSS 10.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gimp gimp 2.9.2
  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3236

  • gimp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.8.18-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3236 updated cvss 4.3

gimp: NULL pointer deref crash when reading FIT file with crafted XTENSION header

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19482)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19482 GIMP 2.8.0 - '.FIT' File Format Denial of Service dos, 2012-06-30
  • git.gnome.org http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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