A flaw was found in the SFTP backend in gvfs. When mounting a share and reading a file, a malicious SFTP server can cause read_reply() to process a length that exceeds the size requested by the client. The function does not verify the server-provided length against the allocated buffer size, causing the operation to write past the intended boundaries. This issue allows a malicious server to corrupt adjacent heap memory in the gvfsd-sftp process, resulting in a denial of service as the process aborts upon detecting the heap corruption or potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in the SFTP backend in gvfs. When mounting a share and reading a file, a malicious SFTP server can cause read_reply() to process a length that exceeds the size requested by the client. The function does not verify the server-provided length against the allocated buffer size, causing the operation to write past the intended boundaries. This issue allows a malicious server to corrupt adjacent heap memory in the gvfsd-sftp process, resulting in a denial of service as the process aborts upon detecting the heap corruption or potentially allowing arbitrary code execution. | |
| Title | Gvfs: sftp: heap-based buffer overflow in read_reply() | |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2026-09-01T15:15:23.685Z
Updated: 2026-09-02T13:36:51.481Z
Reserved: 2026-09-01T14:05:54.144Z
Link: CVE-2026-84268
Updated: 2026-09-01T18:01:54.999Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-01T16:17:37.563
Modified: 2026-09-02T14:17:16.170
Link: CVE-2026-84268
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