VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-0815

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-06-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.

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