CVE-2019-14866
HIGHcpio < 2.13 - Improper Input Validation in TAR Archive Generation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14866
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2019-08/msg00003.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2019-11/msg00000.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
gnu/cpio
< 2.13
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
Published
Jan 07, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026