THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-3378
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-3378

Rpm vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Rpm
Affected product
Rpm
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2011-12-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-3378.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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