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CVE-2014-9112

cpio: heap-based buffer overflow flaw in list_file()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 23, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in cpio's list_file() function. An attacker could provide a specially crafted archive that, when processed by cpio, would crash cpio, or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow