CVE-2012-1163

NIH Libzip - Numeric Error

Title source: rule

Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the size and offset values for the central directory in a zip archive, which triggers "improper restrictions of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer" and an information leak.

Scores

EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 80.1%

Classification

CWE
CWE-189
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

nih/libzip

Timeline

Published Jul 12, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026