CVE-2019-14866 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-14866

Vendor Red Hat
Product cpio
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published January 7, 2020
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 7, 2020 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated