CVE-2012-1175

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the GnashImage::size method in libbase/GnashImage.h in GNU Gnash 0.8.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

GNU Gnash: 0.8.10

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnash.git/commit/?id=bb4dc77eecb6ed1b967e3ecbce3dac6c5e6f1527
http://secunia.com/advisories/47183
http://secunia.com/advisories/48466
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2435
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52446
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803443
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnash.git/commit/?id=bb4dc77eecb6ed1b967e3ecbce3dac6c5e6f1527
http://secunia.com/advisories/47183
http://secunia.com/advisories/48466
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2435

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