CVE-2012-1162

Published Jul 12, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

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."
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nih:libzip:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "594609BD-8B2D-4716-9170-76A56057194B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References