Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libzip 0.10's _zip_readcdir Function

CVE-2012-1162 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."

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