CVE-2012-3481

Publication date 25 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in the GIF image format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted height and len properties in a GIF image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gimp	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.6.11-2ubuntu4.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 2.6.11-1ubuntu6.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

a claimed reproducer in the novell bugzilla

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gimp	Upstream: plug-in Upstream: plug-in

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)