CVE-2012-4433

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in operations/external/ppm-load.c in GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) 0.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) width or (2) height value in a Portable Pixel Map (ppm) image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Gegl: 0.2.0

References

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=1e92e5235ded0415d555aa86066b8e4041ee5a53
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=4757cdf73d3675478d645a3ec8250ba02168a230
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00054.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1455.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51114
http://secunia.com/advisories/51274
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:081
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027754
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79822

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