CVE-2019-14452

HIGH

Sigil < 0.9.16 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via ZIP Archive Extraction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0299
EPSS Percentile 86.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
flightcrew_project/flightcrew 0.9.2
sigil-ebook/sigil < 0.9.16
Published Jul 31, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026