CVE-2012-4527

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-4527

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2012-11-21T23:55:01

Last Modified Date
2023-02-13T04:34:38

Weakness Enumerations

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

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:mcrypt::::::::	1	OR	2.6.8
cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:mcrypt:2.6.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:mcrypt:2.6.5:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:mcrypt:2.6.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:mcrypt:2.6.7:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4527
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4527

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:57:52				Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:05:15		2023-02-13T04:34:38	CVE Modified Date	updated
2023-02-13 05:05:15	Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.	Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.	Description	updated