FKIE_CVE-2012-1162
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-07-12 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:39
Severity
Summary
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."
References
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