ubuntu-cve-2019-14452
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-07-30 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:45
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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "sigil",
            "binary_version": "0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sigil-data",
            "binary_version": "0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "sigil",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sigil@0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.8.7+dfsg-3",
        "0.9.2+dfsg+dfsg-2",
        "0.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
        "0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "sigil",
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sigil-data",
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "sigil",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sigil@0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.8+dfsg-2build2",
        "0.9.9+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:29Z",
  "published": "2019-07-30T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14452"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8f"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4085-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14452"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4085-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-14452"
  ]
}



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