CVE-2012-4527

published 2012-11-21

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…

Priority P4 32 medium 6.8 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C P I P A P

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.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mcrypt	< mcrypt 2.6.8-1.3 (bookworm)	mcrypt 2.6.8-1.3 (bookworm)
mcrypt	mcrypt	<= 2.6.8	—
mcrypt	mcrypt	—	—
mcrypt	mcrypt	—	—
mcrypt	mcrypt	—	—
mcrypt	mcrypt	—	—
mcrypt	mcrypt	>= 0 < 2.6.8-1.3	2.6.8-1.3
mcrypt	mcrypt	>= 0 < 2.6.8-1.3	2.6.8-1.3
mcrypt	mcrypt	>= 0 < 2.6.8-1.3	2.6.8-1.3
mcrypt	mcrypt	>= 0 < 2.6.8-1.3	2.6.8-1.3

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 6.8 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.8 LOW

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