Directory traversal vulnerability in io/filesystem/filesystem.cc in Widelands before 15.1 might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via . (dot) characters in a pathname that is used for a file transfer in an Internet game.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617960
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/build-15/revision/5021
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2011-12-05
Updated: 2025-04-11
Base Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00536