cve/2012/CVE-2012-4527.md

### [CVE-2012-4527](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4527)
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### Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long file name.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example