CVE-2024-12084Critical· 9.8▾ AbyssalPoC availableA heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attac…
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 53.9 · likelihood 14.5 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 6.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
72%
3 GitHub repos
72% → 73%
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attacker can write out of bounds in the sum2 buffer.
rsync = 3.2.7rsync = 3.3.0almalinux = 10.0arch_linuxlinuxnixos < 24.11nixos = 24.11suse_linuxsmartos < 20250123enterprise_linux = 10.0Upgrade past the affected range:
nixos 24.11smartos 20250123Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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