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CVE-2019-14452 json

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…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5641

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • sigil-ebook sigil 0.9.16
  • sigil Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.16+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14452

  • sigil Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
  • sigil Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14452 updated cvss 5.1

sigil: allows attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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