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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…
Low3.7EPSS 0.54%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (19)
- 25098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 25161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cpio-file-size-bo(23855) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6860 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20117 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 16057 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18278 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-234-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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