CVE-2011-3378
RPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly…
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- redhat
Description
RPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an rpm package with crafted headers and offsets that are not properly handled when a package is queried or installed, related to (1) the regionSwab function, (2) the headerLoad function, and (3) multiple functions in rpmio/rpmpgp.c.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741612 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.2#Security (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110927 rpm/librpm/rpm-python memory corruption pre-verification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:1140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:1203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1695-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=11a7e5d95a8ca8c7d4eaff179094afd8bb74fc3f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a48f0e20cbe2ababc88b2fc52fb7a281d6fc1656 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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