CVE-2012-1162
N/A
Published: July 12, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibzip
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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