VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8118
Integer 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.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 7.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.61% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- rpm/rpm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.