Unscored severity · published Dec 15, 2005
CVE-2005-4268
Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code…
–
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file whose size is represented by more than 8 digits.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CP
Cpio · Gnu
2.6-8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4268
frontal1.mandriva.com
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237
lists.suse.com
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
More from Cpio
7.8
CVE-2021-38185
GNU cpio through 2.13 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pattern file, because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap…
7.3
CVE-2019-14866
In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives
7.2
CVE-2010-4226
cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive
6.5
CVE-2016-2037
The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file
5.3
CVE-2023-7216
A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility