CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4268

3.7 LOW Published 2005-12-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu cpio 2.6-8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References