CVE-2012-3481
EPSS 3.8%
Description
Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted height and len properties in a GIF image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
How to fix CVE-2012-3481
To remediate CVE-2012-3481, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gimp—upgrade to 2.8.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-3481 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.8.2-1