ppm2tiff does not check the return value of the TIFFScanlineSize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PPM image that triggers an integer overflow, a zero-memory allocation, and a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51133 Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/86878 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-11-11T11:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2012-4564

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-11T13:00:58.290

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:34:45.280


Link: CVE-2012-4564

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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