CVE-2012-0061

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 4, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-0061: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix