CVE-2012-0815
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0842)
- Published
- June 4, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0842 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
- http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48651(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48716(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49110(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/81009
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74581
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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