CVE-2012-4527

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.

Affected products

Mcrypt: through 2.6.8; 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html

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