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Multiple format string vulnerabilities in mcrypt 2.6.8...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) errors.c or (2) mcrypt.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 21, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

4.085%
(92nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-4426

GHSA ID

GHSA-jwwj-g6r2-3whj

Source code

No known source code

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