Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Header in mcrypt 2.6.8 and Earlier

CVE-2012-4409 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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