CVE-2012-3236: gimp NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-3236 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 10.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 12-07-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 10.75% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
4 foundExploit Reference (git.gnome.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- gimp< 2.8.2-1
Gimp1 product
- gimp< 2.9.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
11 links- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.htmlX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.htmlMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploit
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVABroken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory