CVE-2012-4564 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html http://secunia.com/advisories/51133 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7 http://www.osvdb.org/86878 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750