CVE-2012-1162

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 None

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-1162

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-07-12T20:55:14

Last Modified Date
2012-07-13T14:50:48

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nih:libzip:0.10:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034
http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html	Exploit
http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xml

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1162
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1162

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:53:59				Added to TrackCVE