VDB
CVE-2012-1162
CVE-2012-1162
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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."
EPSS 4.03% · 90.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
4.03%
90.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| nih | libzip | 0.10 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jul 12, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- GLSA-201203-23 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120321 CVE-2012-1162 / -1163: Incorrect loop construct and numeric overflow in libzip mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1162 advisory
- http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html url
- http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11 technical
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034 technical