debian · CVE-2012-4527

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:59:54 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-4527 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mcrypt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.

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