--- title: "CVE-2014-8118\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8118?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-8118 Publication date 16 December 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | rpm | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 4.11.2-3ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.3 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8118) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8118) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8118) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8118) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2479-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2479-1) + RPM vulnerabilities + 19 January 2015 ### Other references * *