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CVE-2019-14452

high

Description

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1/

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8f

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4

https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-sigil-cve-2019-14452/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-5641

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-07-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

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

EPSS: 0.03694