CVE-2012-4527
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.7%EU EUVD
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.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 7.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4455)
- Published
- November 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4455 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcrypt / mcrypt
- mcrypt / mcrypt
- mcrypt / mcrypt
- mcrypt / mcrypt
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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