{"id":"CVE-2012-4409","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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:29.869190Z","published":"2012-11-21T23:55:01Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50507"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51010"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116268/mcrypt-2.6.8-Buffer-Overflow-Proof-Of-Concept.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855029"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086519.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087542.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088281.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027532"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}