CVE-2012-1162

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 12 Jul 2012, 20:00
Last modified:16 Sept 2024, 20:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.67% LOW
2% probability -0.30%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Jul 2012, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Sept 2024, 20:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.67%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • nih•libzip

    0.10

References (6)