CVE-2012-4564 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4564?

CVE-2012-4564 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4564?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libtiff Libtiff, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4564?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2012-4564 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564, DSA-2575-1, GHSA-x7qp-frp5-95fm.