VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16680
It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.13%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.13% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gnome/file-roller · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1767594Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.