CVE-2012-4564

NameCVE-2012-4564
Descriptionppm2tiff 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2575-1
Debian Bugs692345

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tiff (PTS)bullseye4.2.0-1+deb11u5fixed
bullseye (security)4.2.0-1+deb11u7fixed
bookworm4.5.0-6+deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)4.5.0-6+deb12u3fixed
trixie4.7.0-3fixed
trixie (security)4.7.0-3+deb13u1fixed
forky, sid4.7.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tiffsourcesqueeze3.9.4-5+squeeze7DSA-2575-1
tiffsource(unstable)4.0.2-5692345
tiff3source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- tiff3 <not-affected> (The tiff-tools package is only built from the tiff source package)
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