Name: CVE-2012-4409: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2012-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-4409, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.15084

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mcrypt	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 21, 2012
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-crypt/mcrypt.	Oct 30, 2017	Nov 21, 2012
Suse	—	Upgrade mcryptUpgrade mcrypt-debugsourceUpgrade mcrypt-debuginfo	Dec 12, 2013	Nov 21, 2012

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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