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CVE-2021-38185

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 4.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-08-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2021-38185
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.13%

Original NVD Description

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.

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