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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-12085 · published 14 January 2025

CVE-2024-12085: Samba rsync use of uninitialized resource vulnerability

Samba · Rsync

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 8.8% · top 5.0% CWE-908 · Use of uninitialized resource
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
22Affected product versions listed by NVD
29References, 1 tagged exploit
21 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

22 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0849 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0884 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0885 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1120 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1123 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1128 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1225 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1227 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1242 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1451 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2701 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330539 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00008.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-12085), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.