DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564

    Published: 11 Nov 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4564

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4564

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.2-5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High