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CVE-2014-8118

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8118 is an integer overflow vulnerability in RPM 4.12 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This occurs when a crafted CPIO header within an RPM file's payload section triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a critical risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0761 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rpm-0:4.11.1-18.el7_0
View patch
debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8118Important

rpm: integer overflow and stack overflow in CPIO header parsing

Dec 9, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0529.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-22
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3129
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories