VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-4564
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability13.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-11-11
Last modified2026-06-16
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.