6.8

CVE-2012-4447: libtiff

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-4447DSA-2561-1
Published 28-10-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4447 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 6.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2012:1590

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.73% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
6.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 3.9.4-5+squeeze6 | < 4.0.2-4
Libtiff1 product
  • libtiff≤ 4.0.2 | 3.4 | 3.4:beta18 | 3.4:beta24 | 3.4:beta28 | 3.4:beta29 | 3.4:beta31 | 3.4:beta32 | 3.4:beta34 | 3.4:beta35 | 3.4:beta36 | 3.4:beta37 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.6:beta | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7:alpha | 3.5.7:alpha2 | 3.5.7:alpha3 | 3.5.7:alpha4 | 3.5.7:beta | 3.6.0 | 3.6.0:beta | 3.6.0:beta2 | 3.6.1 | 3.7.0 | 3.7.0:alpha | 3.7.0:beta | 3.7.0:beta2 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.3 | 3.7.4 | 3.8.0 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.2 | 3.9 | 3.9.0 | 3.9.0:beta | 3.9.1 | 3.9.2 | 3.9.2-5.2.1 | 3.9.3 | 3.9.4 | 3.9.5 | 4.0 | 4.0:alpha | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0:beta5 | 4.0:beta6 | 4.0.1

2 vendors · 2 products

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