Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-1162

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."

Affected products

Nih/Libzip
cpe:2.3:a:nih:libzip:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.htmlnvdExploit
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2nvdExploit
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xmlnvd
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.htmlnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11nvd

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