Out-of-Bounds Affecting cpio package, versions [,2.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.09% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CPIO-2319542
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed2 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-9112  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cpio to version 2.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_copy_in function in GNU Cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large block value in a cpio archive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1