Name: CVE-2012-1162: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2012-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-1162, CWE-119, CVSS 7.3, EPSS 0.04028

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libzip	Jul 30, 2024	Jul 12, 2012
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-libs/libzip.	Oct 30, 2017	Jul 12, 2012
Suse	—	Upgrade libzip-toolsUpgrade libzip2Upgrade libzip5Upgrade libzip-devel	Dec 12, 2013	Jun 28, 2013

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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