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CVE-2005-4268

LOW CVSS: 3.7 Published: 2005-12-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Cpio

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References