Vulnerability details
CVE-2024-12084
Rsync: heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling
CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical
Official description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attacker can write out of bounds in the sum2 buffer.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| No product information recorded. | |||
References and advisories
8- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330527 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/6
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
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Details
- Published
- 2025-01-15
- Last updated
- 2026-11-05
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
- Kolun priority
- 50 · Medium
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
72.51%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
99.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow