Buffer overflow in Nih Libzip
CVE-2012-1162
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."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.040 (89.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Nih Libzip — versions 0.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)