Vulnerability in Rpm
CVE-2012-0815
The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rpm — versions 4.0.2, 4.8.0, 4.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3 (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/48716 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rpm.org/gitweb
- secunia.com/advisories/48651 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0815?
- CVE-2012-0815 is a vulnerability in Rpm, classified under CWE-189. Published 2012-06-04.
- Is CVE-2012-0815 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.