Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2010-0624
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.75%
Original Filing — NVD Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.