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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.29%). 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
- 4.29% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- rpm/rpm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
- http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48651Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48716Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49110Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/81010
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
- http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48651Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.