CVE-2024-12085 HIGH

CVE-2024-12085: Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents

Weakness CWE-908
Published January 14, 2025
Last update April 18, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 14, 2025 CVE published
April 18, 2026 Record updated