CVE-2010-0624: gnu cpio

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0624 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in gnu cpio. EPSS estimates a 4.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 12-03-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.