CVE-2012-4527
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
02 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
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
- 7.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-11-21 23:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bf3a11151fcc39b39cfbd4ecac2c142f90dd87026bdf3cb2e85a4c02bb8e6091
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17290http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1440http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17318http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17339http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
- www.securityfocus.com56114http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121018 Re: CVE Request -- mcrypt: stack-based buffer overflow by encryption / decryption of overly long file nameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121119 Re: CVE Request -- mcrypt: stack-based buffer overflow by encryption / decryption of overly long file nameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121018 CVE Request -- mcrypt: stack-based buffer overflow by encryption / decryption of overly long file nameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mcrypt Fixed in 2.6.8-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mcrypt Fixed in 2.6.8-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mcrypt Fixed in 2.6.8-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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