DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4409

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4409

    Published: 21 Nov 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4409

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4409

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mcrypt

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mcrypt?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.8-1.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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