CVE-2014-8118

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8118
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-16 18:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Rpm 1.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.2\/a All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.12 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.6.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0. All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.10.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.10.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.10.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.3.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.5.90 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc2 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc3 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc4 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.8.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.8.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 alpha All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 beta1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.1.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.1.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3129-1 rpm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:056 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:251 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-22) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0529 - Updated rpm packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8118 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1168715 – CVE-2014-8118 rpm: integer overflow and stack overflow in CPIO header parsing MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710222 Gentoo Linux RPM Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-22)
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