CVE-2012-3236

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-476

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.

Affected products

GIMP: before 2.9.2 — fixed in 2.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GIMP 2.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c

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