Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mcrypt  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MCRYPT-642583
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed21 Nov 2012

Introduced: 21 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-4527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mcrypt package and not the mcrypt package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.