CVE-2012-6706
CVSS V2 High 10
CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow can be caused in DataSize+CurChannel. The result is a negative value of the "DestPos" variable, which allows the attacker to write out of bounds when setting Mem[DestPos].
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-6706
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-06-22T13:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-10-21T10:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:threat_detection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.36.2 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.5.4 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 10
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.8
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/05/tavis-ormandy-sophos/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/sophailv2.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
| https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/118424#six | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1286 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| http://telussecuritylabs.com/threats/show/TSL20121207-01 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1027725 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-05 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24 | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6706 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6706 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:03:04 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 18:02:36 | 2017-06-22T13:29Z | 2017-06-22T13:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 18:02:36 | 2018-10-21T10:29:00 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 18:02:36 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |