vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2037: cpio: Arbitrary Code Execution
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 22, 2016 | Jul 3, 2024 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 22, 2016
Added
Jul 3, 2024
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
GNU cpio allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pattern file, because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write. NOTE: it is unclear whether there are common cases where the pattern file, associated with the -E option, is untrusted data.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-cpio
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