4.3

CVE-2012-3236: gimp NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3236
Published 12-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.75%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits4reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last 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 version

EPSS 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

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
10.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (git.gnome.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Show all 4 exploits
  • exploit-databasedosmultipleUnverified

    GIMP 2.8.0 - '.FIT' File Format Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gimp< 2.8.2-1
Gimp1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

11 links
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