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CVE-2010-0624

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0624 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt client functionality of GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11. This vulnerability allows a malicious remote rmt server to cause a denial of service through memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code. The attack requires an attacker-controlled rmt server and a victim using a vulnerable client, with a CVSS score of 6.8 indicating moderate severity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0475 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: tar-0:1.13.25-16.RHEL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cpio-0:2.5-6.RHEL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cpio-0:2.5-16.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cpio-0:2.6-23.el5_4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0624Moderate

cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially-crafted archive

Mar 10, 2010

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036668.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037395.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037401.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038134.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038149.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
osvdb.org / 62950
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/38869
secunia.com / advisories/38988
secunia.com / advisories/39008
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201111-11.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-3219
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10277
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6907
agrs.tu-berlin.de / index.php
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0142.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/514503/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2456-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0628
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0629
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0639
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0687
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0728
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0729
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1107