{"id":"CVE-2019-16680","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16680","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:36:48.596Z","title":"It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.","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.","published":"2019-09-21T21:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["gnome/file-roller","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux","redhat/enterprise linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02132,"percentile":0.81857,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1767594","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16680","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}