CVE - CVE-2012-4564

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4564	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
ppm2tiff does not check the return value of the TIFFScanlineSize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PPM image that triggers an integer overflow, a zero-memory allocation, and a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
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MISC:51133 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51133 MISC:56372 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372 MISC:86878 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/86878~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2575 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575 MISC:RHSA-2012:1590 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html MISC:USN-1631-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20121102 Re: libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7 MISC:[oss-security] 20121102 libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 MISC:libtiff-ppm2tiff-bo(79750) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0187 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120821	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120821)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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