CVE-2012-1162
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 12, 2012
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 14, 2012
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [libzip-discuss] 20120320 libzip-0.10.1 security fix releasemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120321 CVE-2012-1162 / -1163: Incorrect loop construct and numeric overflow in libzipmailing-list
- MDVSA-2012:034vendor-advisory
- http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html
- [oss-security] 20120329 Re: CVE-2012-1162 / -1163: Incorrect loop construct and numeric overflow in libzipmailing-list
- GLSA-201203-23vendor-advisory
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