UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452

    Published: 30 Jul 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-14452
    Aliases:
    USN-4085-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14452, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8f, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5, https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4085-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14452

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sigil

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.8.7+dfsg-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High