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CVE-2012-4409

medium · 6.8

Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.

6.8
CVSS
15.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2012-11-21
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
mcryptmcrypt<= 2.6.8
mcryptmcrypt2.6.4
mcryptmcrypt2.6.5
mcryptmcrypt2.6.6
mcryptmcrypt2.6.7

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References

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