7.5
HIGH
CVE-2012-1162
Libzip Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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."

INFO

Published Date :

July 12, 2012, 8:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 13, 2012, 2:50 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1162 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nih libzip
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Exploit Prediction

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6.55 }} 3.71%

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0.93889

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