CVE-2012-0815

critical

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.

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74581

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-0842

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744104

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865

http://www.osvdb.org/81009

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056

http://secunia.com/advisories/49110

http://secunia.com/advisories/48716

http://secunia.com/advisories/48651

http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06991