CVE-2024-12085

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 14, 2025 Modified: November 20, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0849
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0884
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0885
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1120
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1123
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1128
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1225
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1227
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1242
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1451
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2701
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330539
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Third Party Advisory

27 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.0%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat suse gentoo samba archlinux tritondatacenter nixos almalinux