CVE-2012-0815
N/A
Published: June 4, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRpm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.9.1.21.21.31.3.11.41.4.11.4.21.4.2/a1.4.31.4.41.4.51.4.61.4.72.02.0.12.0.102.0.112.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.92.12.1.12.1.22.22.2.12.2.102.2.112.2.22.2.32.2.3.102.2.3.112.2.42.2.52.2.62.2.72.2.82.2.92.32.3.12.3.22.3.32.3.42.3.52.3.62.3.72.3.82.3.92.4.12.4.112.4.122.4.22.4.32.4.42.4.52.4.62.4.82.4.92.52.5.12.5.22.5.32.5.42.5.52.5.62.6.73.03.0.13.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.64.0.4.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.44.14.3.34.4.2.14.4.2.24.4.2.34.5.904.6.04.6.0 rc14.6.0 rc24.6.0 rc34.6.0 rc44.6.14.7.04.7.14.7.24.8.04.8.14.9.04.9.0 alpha4.9.0 beta14.9.0 rc14.9.14.9.1.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
References (21)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86bx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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