CVE-2012-1163

medium

Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the size and offset values for the central directory in a zip archive, which triggers "improper restrictions of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer" and an information leak.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2

http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xml

http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-12

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium