PT-2012-5460 · Mcrypt · Mcrypt

Attila Bogar · Published 2012-11-21 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-4527

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4527

Affected Products

Mcrypt

References · 17

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4527 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4527 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4527 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56114 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18 · Note