GNU cpio through 2.13 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pattern file because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write. NOTE: it is unclear whether there are common cases where the pattern file associated with the -E option is untrusted data.

🗓️ 17 Aug 2021 07:00:00Reported by MicrosoftType

GNU cpio up to 2.13 allows code execution via crafted pattern file due to ds_fgetstr overflow.

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