CVE-2012-4447 (GCVE-0-2012-4447)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2561 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.3.html x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/49938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55673 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860198 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2012-09-25 00:00
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