CVE-2005-4268

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.

Published: 2005-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4268 is rated Low Risk (20.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4268

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-14 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4268

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4268

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4268

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-4268 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cpio), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4268
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4268
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-4268 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cpio), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4268

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-4268

  • Red Hat (2010-03-15T00:00:00)

    This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4268

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu cpio 2.6-8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.6-8:*:fedora_core_4_64bit:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4268

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251
http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
http://www.osvdb.org/22194
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/
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