CVE-2012-4409Not scoredCWE-119

CVE-2012-4409: Mcrypt vulnerability

Mcrypt

Vendor fix available · Affected: Mcrypt · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

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15.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

96th percentile

050100

Higher than 96% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Memory Buffer Bounds · Memory Corruption
Vendor: Mcrypt
Published: November 2012
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), November 2012

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