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CVE-2014-8118 json

Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-7963

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.6%
EPSS 7.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • rpm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.11.3-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8118

  • rpm Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8118

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rpm RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-cron RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-libs RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-sign RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-build RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-python RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-apidocs RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0
  • rpm-build-libs RHEL 7 4.11.1-18.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1976

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8118 updated cvss 7.6

rpm: integer overflow and stack overflow in CPIO header parsing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) rpm 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-python 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) rpm-cron 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-sign 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-apidocs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) rpm 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-python 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) rpm-cron 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-sign 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-apidocs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rpm 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-sign 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-python 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) rpm-cron 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-apidocs 4.11.1-18.el7_0
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rpm 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-sign 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-python 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-build-libs 4.11.1-18.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) rpm-cron 4.11.1-18.el7_0, rpm-apidocs 4.11.1-18.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1976
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rpm, rpm-cron, rpm-libs, rpm-build, rpm-python, rpm-apidocs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

7.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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