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CVE-2019-16680 json

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91.

published 2019-09-21 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7241

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

Patch / fix

  • gnome file-roller 3.29.91
  • file-roller Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.30.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16680

  • file-roller Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3
  • file-roller Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16680

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

  • file-roller RHEL 8 3.28.1-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4820

  • file-roller SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 3.26.2-4.5.1
  • file-roller SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +1 more 3.20.3-15.3.25

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1557-1SUSE-SU-2020:1088-1

  • file-roller openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.26.2-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0825-1

  • file-roller Rocky Linux 8 3.28.1-3.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4820

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-16680 updated cvss 4.3

file-roller: path traversal vulnerability via a specially crafted filename contained in malicious archive

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 file-roller Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 file-roller Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 file-roller, file-roller-nautilus
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Avoid using file-roller (Archive Manager for GNOME) to extract untrusted archives, use the suitable command line utilities instead (such as `tar` or `unzip`).”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) file-roller 3.28.1-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid using file-roller (Archive Manager for GNOME) to extract untrusted archives, use the suitable command line utilities instead (such as `tar` or `unzip`).” RHSA-2020:4820

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Exploit prediction

2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.gnome.org https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/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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