CVE-2012-4527

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

7.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.1% 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.

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

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17290http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1440http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17318http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17339http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com56114http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• 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/2012/10/18/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• 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/2012/11/20/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• 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/2012/10/18/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790x_refsource_MISC