CVE-2012-1162
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.10.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.10.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.10.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.10.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.10.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nih | libzip | 0.10 | |
References
- http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034
- http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1162
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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