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GSD-2012-3236

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2012-3236
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