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title: "CVE-2012-4433\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4433

Publication date 18 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gegl | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4433?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| gegl | * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=633906&action=diff> * Upstream:   [?id=1e9](http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=1e92e5235ded0415d555aa86066b8e4041ee5a53) * Upstream:   [?id=475](http://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/commit/?id=4757cdf73d3675478d645a3ec8250ba02168a230) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4433)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4433)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4433)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4433)

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/215>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4433>