CVE-2012-0061

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

Published: 2012-06-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0061 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.95%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0061

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-01 6.57% 4.95% -1.62%
2 2025-03-30 14.96% 6.57% -8.39%
3 2025-03-29 — 14.96% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0061

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0061

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0061

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-0061 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rpm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0061
gentoo high CVE-2012-0061: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-26), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/rpm); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-0061
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0061
ubuntu low CVE-2012-0061 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rpm), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 4, ignored 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0061

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0061

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rpm rpm <= 4.9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.2\/a cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2\/a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0. cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0061

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/48651 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48716 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49110 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.osvdb.org/81010
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
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