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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-0061

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.34% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
rpm/rpm
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.