{"id":"CVE-2012-3236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3236","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T08:10:51.115Z","title":"fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.","description":"fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.","published":"2012-07-12T21:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["gimp/gimp"],"epss":{"score":0.10748,"percentile":0.95842,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2012-06-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19482,"kind":"exploit","title":"GIMP 2.8.0 - '.FIT' File Format Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/19482.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/19482.txt","published":"2012-06-30","added":"2012-06-30","updated":"2012-06-30","author":"Joseph Sheridan","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2012-3236","OSVDB-83634"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. 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