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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.
- Products
- tiff
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.0.2-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-4564
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.0.2-5
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.0.2-5
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.0.2-5
Complete source record
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"id": "1a2886a5c26218126fa1d17e91d1317d1ffd1e40cf81c8d3f9243c98abc2722f",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4564",
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},
"ecosystem_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:28.672427904Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-4564"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4564"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417137,
"published_at": "2012-11-11T13:00:58.29+00:00"
}