CVE-2012-4433
gegl: Integer overflow, leading to heap-based buffer overflow by parsing PPM image headers
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · November 5, 2012
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
Multiple integer overflows in operations/external/ppm-load.c in GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) 0.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) width or (2) height value in a Portable Pixel Map (ppm) image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound