CVE-2012-0061
The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
02 Description
The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-04 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9b3b771a903a6e340da52b7d2002c5fb4743a22771f9c5b923b868bf2157a3dc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0531http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:056http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
- www.securitytracker.com1026882http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
- rpm.orghttp://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
- secunia.com48716http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
- www.osvdb.org81010http://www.osvdb.org/81010
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
- rpm.orghttp://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
- secunia.com48651http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0451http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-5421http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
- www.securityfocus.com52865http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1695-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0588https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
- secunia.com49110http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-5420http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-5298http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrpm-headerload-code-execution(74583)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0589https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
- rpm.orghttp://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rpm Fixed in 4.9.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rpm Fixed in 4.9.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rpm Fixed in 4.9.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.