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DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0061

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0061 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13rpm0, 0, 0
Debian:12rpm0, 0, 0
Debian:14rpm0, 0, 0
Debian:11rpm0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 4, 2012 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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