CVE-2012-3438

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 6.7.8-6 does not use the proper variable type for the allocation size, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG file that triggers incorrect memory allocation.

Affected products

GraphicsMagick: 1.3.16

References

http://graphicsmagick.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick/rev/d6e469d02cd2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50090
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844105
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77259
http://graphicsmagick.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick/rev/d6e469d02cd2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50090
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54716

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