Mcrypt · Mcrypt · CVE-2012-4527
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
mcrypt versions 2.6.8 and earlier
**Description**
The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. It is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.
**Recommendations**
For mcrypt versions 2.6.8 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.