gimp: NULL pointer deref crash when reading FIT file with crafted XTENSION header
Published Jul 12, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.75%
Description
fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as Gimp to be a security issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.75% (0.10748) | 95.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.75% (0.10748) | 95.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.32% (0.09325) | 92.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.90% (0.13898) | 90.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.32% (0.09325) | 92.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 2.21% (0.02207) | 89.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 83.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00808) | 81.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00916) | 82.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01021) | 81.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00721) | 77.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 89.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 26, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 5.54% (0.05536) | 89.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.74% (0.05740) | 89.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.74% (0.05740) | 77.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploit
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/file-fits/fits-io.c?id=ace45631595e8781a1420842582d67160097163c x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3236 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676804 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834627 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3236
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3236
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