6.8

CVE-2012-1163: nih libzip Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1163
Published 12-07-2012Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1163 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in nih libzip. EPSS estimates a 2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10113-1

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the size and offset values for the central directory in a zip archive, which triggers "improper restrictions of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer" and an information leak.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.57% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • libzip< 0.10.1-1
Nih1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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