CVE-2014-9112

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9112
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-02 16:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the process_copy_in function in GNU Cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large block value in a cpio archive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.11 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3111-1 cpio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory SA60167 - GNU Cpio Archive Handling Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GNU cpio - Bugs: bug #43709, Out-of-bounds write in... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.gnu.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
oss-security - CVE request: cpio heap-based buffer overflow [was Re: so, can we do something about lesspipe? (+ a cpio bug to back up the argument)] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: cpio heap-based buffer overflow [was Re: so, can we do something about lesspipe? (+ a cpio bug to back up the argument)] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2456-1: GNU cpio vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Full Disclosure: on Linux, 'less' can probably get you owned af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
oss-security - so, can we do something about lesspipe? (+ a cpio bug to back up the argument) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel cpio 'list_file()' Function Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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