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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.3%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (21)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1026882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 81010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48651 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 52865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-1695-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0588 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 49110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5298 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- rpm-headerload-code-execution(74583) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0589 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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