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CVE-2016-2037

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a...

6.5 MediumFix available

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.48%Up 4.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
CVE-2016-2037
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3145 No score

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
EUVD-2016-3145
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g3qq-8w29-572m 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a...

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
GHSA-g3qq-8w29-572m
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2016-2037 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2016-2037 6.5

CVE-2016-2037 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2037 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2037 6.5

The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2037
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0063 No score

Updated cpio packages fix CVE-2016-2037

Updated cpio package fixes security vulnerability:

An out-of-bounds write in cpio was found in the parsing of cpio files, in the process_copy_in() function in src/copyin.c (CVE-2016-2037).

Record
MGASA-2016-0063
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10143-1 No score

cpio-2.12-3.90 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cpio-2.12-3.90 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10143-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0366-1 No score

Security update for cpio

This update for cpio fixes two issues.

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2016-2037: The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file (bsc#963448).

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • bsc#1020108: Always use 32 bit CRC to prevent checksum errors for files greater than 32MB
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0366-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2699-1 No score

Security update for SLES 12 Docker image

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 container image has been updated to include security and stability fixes.

The following issues related to building of the container images have been fixed:

  • Included krb5 package to avoid the inclusion of krb5-mini which gets selected as a dependency by the Build Service solver. (bsc#1056193)
  • Do not install recommended packages when building container images. (bsc#975726)

A number of security issues that have been already fixed by updates released for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 are now included in the base image. A package/CVE cross-reference is available below.

pam:

  • CVE-2015-3238

libtasn1:

  • CVE-2015-3622
  • CVE-2016-4008

libidn:

  • CVE-2015-2059
  • CVE-2015-8948
  • CVE-2016-6261
  • CVE-2016-6262
  • CVE-2016-6263

zlib:

  • CVE-2016-9840
  • CVE-2016-9841
  • CVE-2016-9842
  • CVE-2016-9843

curl:

  • CVE-2016-5419
  • CVE-2016-5420
  • CVE-2016-5421
  • CVE-2016-7141
  • CVE-2016-7167
  • CVE-2016-8615
  • CVE-2016-8616
  • CVE-2016-8617
  • CVE-2016-8618
  • CVE-2016-8619
  • CVE-2016-8620
  • CVE-2016-8621
  • CVE-2016-8622
  • CVE-2016-8623
  • CVE-2016-8624
  • CVE-2016-9586
  • CVE-2017-1000100
  • CVE-2017-1000101
  • CVE-2017-7407

openssl:

  • CVE-2016-2105
  • CVE-2016-2106
  • CVE-2016-2107
  • CVE-2016-2108
  • CVE-2016-2109
  • CVE-2016-2177
  • CVE-2016-2178
  • CVE-2016-2179
  • CVE-2016-2180
  • CVE-2016-2181
  • CVE-2016-2182
  • CVE-2016-2183
  • CVE-2016-6302
  • CVE-2016-6303
  • CVE-2016-6304
  • CVE-2016-6306

libxml2:

  • CVE-2014-0191
  • CVE-2015-8806
  • CVE-2016-1762
  • CVE-2016-1833
  • CVE-2016-1834
  • CVE-2016-1835
  • CVE-2016-1837
  • CVE-2016-1838
  • CVE-2016-1839
  • CVE-2016-1840
  • CVE-2016-2073
  • CVE-2016-3627
  • CVE-2016-3705
  • CVE-2016-4447
  • CVE-2016-4448
  • CVE-2016-4449
  • CVE-2016-4483
  • CVE-2016-4658
  • CVE-2016-9318
  • CVE-2016-9597
  • CVE-2017-9047
  • CVE-2017-9048
  • CVE-2017-9049
  • CVE-2017-9050

util-linux:

  • CVE-2015-5218
  • CVE-2016-5011
  • CVE-2017-2616

cracklib:

  • CVE-2016-6318

systemd:

  • CVE-2014-9770
  • CVE-2015-8842
  • CVE-2016-7796

pcre:

  • CVE-2014-8964
  • CVE-2015-2325
  • CVE-2015-2327
  • CVE-2015-2328
  • CVE-2015-3210
  • CVE-2015-3217
  • CVE-2015-5073
  • CVE-2015-8380
  • CVE-2015-8381
  • CVE-2015-8382
  • CVE-2015-8383
  • CVE-2015-8384
  • CVE-2015-8385
  • CVE-2015-8386
  • CVE-2015-8387
  • CVE-2015-8388
  • CVE-2015-8389
  • CVE-2015-8390
  • CVE-2015-8391
  • CVE-2015-8392
  • CVE-2015-8393
  • CVE-2015-8394
  • CVE-2015-8395
  • CVE-2016-1283
  • CVE-2016-3191

appamor:

  • CVE-2017-6507

bash:

  • CVE-2014-6277
  • CVE-2014-6278
  • CVE-2016-0634
  • CVE-2016-7543

cpio:

  • CVE-2016-2037

glibc:

  • CVE-2016-1234
  • CVE-2016-3075
  • CVE-2016-3706
  • CVE-2016-4429
  • CVE-2017-1000366

perl:

  • CVE-2015-8853
  • CVE-2016-1238
  • CVE-2016-2381
  • CVE-2016-6185

libssh2_org:

  • CVE-2016-0787

expat:

  • CVE-2012-6702
  • CVE-2015-1283
  • CVE-2016-0718
  • CVE-2016-5300
  • CVE-2016-9063
  • CVE-2017-9233

ncurses:

  • CVE-2017-10684
  • CVE-2017-10685
  • CVE-2017-11112
  • CVE-2017-11113

libksba:

  • CVE-2016-4574
  • CVE-2016-4579

libgcrypt:

  • CVE-2015-7511
  • CVE-2016-6313
  • CVE-2017-7526

dbus-1:

  • CVE-2014-7824
  • CVE-2015-0245

Finally, the following packages received non-security fixes:

  • augeas
  • bzip2
  • ca-certificates-mozilla
  • coreutils
  • cryptsetup
  • cyrus-sasl
  • dirmngr
  • e2fsprogs
  • findutils
  • gpg2
  • insserv-compat
  • kmod
  • libcap
  • libsolv
  • libzypp
  • openldap2
  • p11-kit
  • permissions
  • procps
  • rpm
  • sed
  • shadow
  • zypper
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2700-1 No score

Security update for SLES 12-SP1 Docker image

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 container image has been updated to include security and stability fixes.

The following issues related to building of the container images have been fixed:

  • Included krb5 package to avoid the inclusion of krb5-mini which gets selected as a dependency by the Build Service solver. (bsc#1056193)
  • Do not install recommended packages when building container images. (bsc#975726)

A number of security issues that have been already fixed by updates released for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 are now included in the base image. A package/CVE cross-reference is available below.

pam:

  • CVE-2015-3238

libtasn1:

  • CVE-2015-3622
  • CVE-2016-4008

expat:

expat:

  • CVE-2012-6702
  • CVE-2015-1283
  • CVE-2016-0718
  • CVE-2016-5300
  • CVE-2016-9063
  • CVE-2017-9233

libidn:

  • CVE-2015-2059
  • CVE-2015-8948
  • CVE-2016-6261
  • CVE-2016-6262
  • CVE-2016-6263

zlib:

  • CVE-2016-9840
  • CVE-2016-9841
  • CVE-2016-9842
  • CVE-2016-9843

curl:

  • CVE-2016-5419
  • CVE-2016-5420
  • CVE-2016-5421
  • CVE-2016-7141
  • CVE-2016-7167
  • CVE-2016-8615
  • CVE-2016-8616
  • CVE-2016-8617
  • CVE-2016-8618
  • CVE-2016-8619
  • CVE-2016-8620
  • CVE-2016-8621
  • CVE-2016-8622
  • CVE-2016-8623
  • CVE-2016-8624
  • CVE-2016-9586
  • CVE-2017-1000100
  • CVE-2017-1000101
  • CVE-2017-7407

openssl:

  • CVE-2016-2105
  • CVE-2016-2106
  • CVE-2016-2107
  • CVE-2016-2108
  • CVE-2016-2109
  • CVE-2016-2177
  • CVE-2016-2178
  • CVE-2016-2179
  • CVE-2016-2180
  • CVE-2016-2181
  • CVE-2016-2182
  • CVE-2016-2183
  • CVE-2016-6302
  • CVE-2016-6303
  • CVE-2016-6304
  • CVE-2016-6306
  • CVE-2016-7056
  • CVE-2016-8610
  • CVE-2017-3731

cracklib:

  • CVE-2016-6318

pcre:

  • CVE-2014-8964
  • CVE-2015-2325
  • CVE-2015-2327
  • CVE-2015-2328
  • CVE-2015-3210
  • CVE-2015-3217
  • CVE-2015-5073
  • CVE-2015-8380
  • CVE-2015-8381
  • CVE-2015-8382
  • CVE-2015-8383
  • CVE-2015-8384
  • CVE-2015-8385
  • CVE-2015-8386
  • CVE-2015-8387
  • CVE-2015-8388
  • CVE-2015-8389
  • CVE-2015-8390
  • CVE-2015-8391
  • CVE-2015-8392
  • CVE-2015-8393
  • CVE-2015-8394
  • CVE-2015-8395
  • CVE-2016-1283
  • CVE-2016-3191

appamor:

  • CVE-2017-6507

bash:

  • CVE-2014-6277
  • CVE-2014-6278
  • CVE-2016-0634
  • CVE-2016-7543

cpio:

  • CVE-2016-2037

glibc:

  • CVE-2016-1234
  • CVE-2016-3075
  • CVE-2016-3706
  • CVE-2016-4429
  • CVE-2017-1000366

perl:

  • CVE-2015-8853
  • CVE-2016-1238
  • CVE-2016-2381
  • CVE-2016-6185

libssh2_org:

  • CVE-2016-0787

util-linux:

  • CVE-2016-5011
  • CVE-2017-2616

ncurses:

  • CVE-2017-10684
  • CVE-2017-10685
  • CVE-2017-11112
  • CVE-2017-11113

libksba:

  • CVE-2016-4574
  • CVE-2016-4579

libxml2:

  • CVE-2014-0191
  • CVE-2015-8806
  • CVE-2016-1762
  • CVE-2016-1833
  • CVE-2016-1834
  • CVE-2016-1835
  • CVE-2016-1837
  • CVE-2016-1838
  • CVE-2016-1839
  • CVE-2016-1840
  • CVE-2016-2073
  • CVE-2016-3627
  • CVE-2016-3705
  • CVE-2016-4447
  • CVE-2016-4448
  • CVE-2016-4449
  • CVE-2016-4483
  • CVE-2016-4658
  • CVE-2016-9318
  • CVE-2016-9597
  • CVE-2017-9047
  • CVE-2017-9048
  • CVE-2017-9049
  • CVE-2017-9050

libgcrypt:

  • CVE-2015-7511
  • CVE-2016-6313
  • CVE-2017-7526

update-alternatives:

  • CVE-2015-0860

systemd:

  • CVE-2014-9770
  • CVE-2015-8842
  • CVE-2016-7796

dbus-1:

  • CVE-2014-7824
  • CVE-2015-0245

Finally, the following packages received non-security fixes:

  • augeas
  • bzip2
  • ca-certificates-mozilla
  • coreutils
  • cryptsetup
  • cyrus-sasl
  • dirmngr
  • e2fsprogs
  • findutils
  • gpg2
  • insserv-compat
  • kmod
  • libcap
  • libsolv
  • libzypp
  • lua51
  • lvm2
  • netcfg
  • p11-kit
  • permissions
  • procps
  • rpm
  • sed
  • sg3_utils
  • shadow
  • zypper
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2906-1 No score

cpio vulnerabilities

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled symbolic links when used with the --no-absolute-filenames option. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted cpio archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1197)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled memory when extracting archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted cpio archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GNU cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2037)

Record
USN-2906-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cpio
Alpine:v3.10
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.11
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.12
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.13
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.14
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.15
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.16
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.17
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.18
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.19
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cpio
Alpine:v3.20
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.21
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.22
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.23
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.24
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Alpine:v3.9
 before 2.12-r3
2.12-r3
cpio
Debian:12
 before 2.11+dfsg-5
2.11+dfsg-5
cpio
Debian:13
 before 2.11+dfsg-5
2.11+dfsg-5
cpio
Debian:14
 before 2.11+dfsg-5
2.11+dfsg-5
cpio
Debian:6.0
 before 2.11-4+deb6u2, plus listed versions
2.11-4
2.11-4+deb6u2
cpio
Debian:7
 before 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u2, plus listed versions
2.11+dfsg-0.12.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1
2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u2
cpio
Debian:8
 before 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1, plus listed versions
2.11+dfsg-4.1
2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1
cpio
Mageia:5
 before 2.11-11.1.mga5
2.11-11.1.mga5
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
 before 2.11-32.1
2.11-32.1
cpio
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions
2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu12.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
cpio
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1, plus listed versions
2.11+dfsg-4.1ubuntu1
2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1
cpio
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 2.12-3.90
2.12-3.90

History

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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2037 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gnu Cpio, published January 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.48%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in cpio 2.12-r3.

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