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 not clear whether this is a vulnerability.
- EPSS
- 7.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% 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-November/091173.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12