CVE-2012-4426

medium
Published 2012-11-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4426

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.6.8-1.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.6.8-1.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.6.8-1.1
debian debiansidfixed2.6.8-1.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.6.8-1.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mcryptmcrypt{"endIncluding":"2.6.8"}
mcryptmcrypt2.6.4
mcryptmcrypt2.6.5
mcryptmcrypt2.6.6
mcryptmcrypt2.6.7

References

CWEs

CWE-134

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.