CVE-2012-4409
mcrypt mcrypt: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.
- EPSS
- 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mcrypt:mcrypt
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086519.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087542.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088281.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116268/mcrypt-2.6.8-Buffer-Overflow-Proof-Of-Concept.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50507