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 1.67% · 82.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
1.67%
82.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| nih | libzip | 0.10 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html (nist-nvd)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2 (nist-nvd)
- MDVSA-2012:034 (circl)
- http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html (circl)
- [oss-security] 20120329 Re: CVE-2012-1162 / -1163: Incorrect loop construct and numeric overflow in libzip (circl)
- GLSA-201203-23 (circl)
Timeline
- Jul 12, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11 url
- [libzip-discuss] 20120320 libzip-0.10.1 security fix release mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120321 CVE-2012-1162 / -1163: Incorrect loop construct and numeric overflow in libzip mailing-list
- MDVSA-2012:034 vendor-advisory
- http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html url
- GLSA-201203-23 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1162 advisory