VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-14452
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.69%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.69% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- sigil-ebook/sigil · flightcrew project/flightcrew · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355Third Party Advisory
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-sigil-cve-2019-14452/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355Third Party Advisory
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-sigil-cve-2019-14452/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.