CVE-2012-4433

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.

Published: 2012-11-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4433 is rated Moderate Risk (64.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.26%, 96th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4433

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 12.27% 13.26% +0.99%
2 2025-12-01 12.41% 12.27% -0.14%
3 2025-06-03 — 12.41% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4433

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4433

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4433

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4433 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gegl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4433
gentoo normal CVE-2012-4433: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-05), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/gegl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-4433
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4433
suse medium CVE-2012-4433 severity moderate: SUSE including 51 source package names (gegl, gegl-0.4.30-2.8, …), 104 product×package rows across 25 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (25 product lines)): Fixed 91, Known Not Affected 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4433/
ubuntu low CVE-2012-4433 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gegl), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4433

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4433

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gegl gegl 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gegl:gegl:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4433

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