VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10721
partclone.restore in Partclone 0.2.87 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.15%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
partclone.restore in Partclone 0.2.87 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.15% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- partclone/partclone
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/82Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/82Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.