UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9112

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9112

    Published: 2 Dec 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9112
    Aliases:
    USN-2456-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_copy_in function in GNU Cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large block value in a cpio archive.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9112, http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/vulns/lesspipe-cpio-bad-write.cpio, https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=141702212015484&w=2, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2014-11/msg00007.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2456-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9112

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpio

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High