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CVE-2012-3402

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3402 describes an integer overflow vulnerability within the Adobe Photoshop PSD plugin in GIMP versions 2.2.13 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and denial of service, with potential for arbitrary code execution, by supplying a specially crafted PSD image file. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but does not require authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0428 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp-2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3402Moderate

plug-in): Heap-buffer overflow by decoding certain PSD headers

Aug 20, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / attachment.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50737
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry