Vulnerability CVE-2012-4527
Published: 2012-11-21   Modified: 2012-11-22

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mcrypt -> Mcrypt 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091173.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091206.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091377.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00003.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56114
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867790
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