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CVE-2012-4527

Date: November 21, 2012

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-4527
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4527
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4527
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4527

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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