GSD-2012-4409

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.
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CVE-2012-4409
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