CVE-2012-4409
EPSS 58.7%Published: 11/21/2012Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4409
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/mcryptfrom 0, < 2.6.8-1.1