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low 3.7

CVE-2005-4268 json

Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash…

published 2005-12-15 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4263

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file whose size is represented by more than 8 digits.

Patch / fix

  • cpio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268

  • cpio RHEL 3 2.5-6.RHEL3
  • cpio RHEL 4 2.5-13.RHEL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0145RHSA-2007:0245

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-4268 updated

cpio large filesize buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cpio 2.5-6.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cpio 2.5-6.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0145
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cpio 2.5-13.RHEL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cpio 2.5-13.RHEL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0245
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cpio 2.5-6.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0145
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cpio 2.5-13.RHEL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0245
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cpio 2.5-6.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0145
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cpio 2.5-13.RHEL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0245

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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