CVE-2014-0471

medium
Published 2014-04-30 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.17.8
debian debianbullseyefixed1.17.8
debian debianforkyfixed1.17.8
debian debiansidfixed1.17.8
debian debiantrixiefixed1.17.8
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debian debiandpkg1.10.14
debian debiandpkg{"endIncluding":"1.15.8.8"}
debian debiandpkg1.9.1
debian debiandpkg1.9.2
debian debiandpkg1.9.3
debian debiandpkg1.9.7
debian debiandpkg1.9.8
debian debiandpkg1.9.9
debian debiandpkg1.9.10
debian debiandpkg1.9.11
debian debiandpkg1.9.12
debian debiandpkg1.9.13
debian debiandpkg1.9.14
debian debiandpkg1.9.15
debian debiandpkg1.9.16
debian debiandpkg1.9.17
debian debiandpkg1.9.18
debian debiandpkg1.9.19
debian debiandpkg1.9.20
debian debiandpkg1.9.21
debian debiandpkg1.10
debian debiandpkg1.10.1
debian debiandpkg1.10.2
debian debiandpkg1.10.3
debian debiandpkg1.10.4
debian debiandpkg1.10.5
debian debiandpkg1.10.6
debian debiandpkg1.10.7
debian debiandpkg1.10.8
debian debiandpkg1.10.9
debian debiandpkg1.10.11
debian debiandpkg1.10.12
debian debiandpkg1.10.13
debian debiandpkg1.10.15
debian debiandpkg1.10.16
debian debiandpkg1.10.17
debian debiandpkg1.10.18
debian debiandpkg1.10.18.1
debian debiandpkg1.10.19
debian debiandpkg1.10.20
debian debiandpkg1.10.21
debian debiandpkg1.10.22
debian debiandpkg1.10.23
debian debiandpkg1.10.24
debian debiandpkg1.10.25
debian debiandpkg1.10.26
debian debiandpkg1.10.27
debian debiandpkg1.10.28
debian debiandpkg1.13.0
debian debiandpkg1.13.1
debian debiandpkg1.13.2
debian debiandpkg1.13.3
debian debiandpkg1.13.4
debian debiandpkg1.13.5
debian debiandpkg1.13.6
debian debiandpkg1.13.7
debian debiandpkg1.13.8
debian debiandpkg1.13.9
debian debiandpkg1.13.10
debian debiandpkg1.13.11
debian debiandpkg1.13.11.1
debian debiandpkg1.13.12
debian debiandpkg1.13.13
debian debiandpkg1.13.14
debian debiandpkg1.13.15
debian debiandpkg1.13.16
debian debiandpkg1.13.17
debian debiandpkg1.13.18
debian debiandpkg1.13.19
debian debiandpkg1.13.20
debian debiandpkg1.13.21
debian debiandpkg1.13.22
debian debiandpkg1.13.23
debian debiandpkg1.13.24
debian debiandpkg1.13.25
debian debiandpkg1.14.0
debian debiandpkg1.14.1
debian debiandpkg1.14.2
debian debiandpkg1.14.3
debian debiandpkg1.14.4
debian debiandpkg1.14.5
debian debiandpkg1.14.6
debian debiandpkg1.14.7
debian debiandpkg1.14.8
debian debiandpkg1.14.9
debian debiandpkg1.14.10
debian debiandpkg1.14.11
debian debiandpkg1.14.12
debian debiandpkg1.14.13
debian debiandpkg1.14.14
debian debiandpkg1.14.15
debian debiandpkg1.14.16
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.1
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.2
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.3
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.4
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.5
debian debiandpkg1.14.16.6
debian debiandpkg1.14.17
debian debiandpkg1.14.18
debian debiandpkg1.14.19
debian debiandpkg1.14.20
debian debiandpkg1.14.21
debian debiandpkg1.14.22
debian debiandpkg1.14.23
debian debiandpkg1.14.24
debian debiandpkg1.14.25
debian debiandpkg1.14.26
debian debiandpkg1.14.27
debian debiandpkg1.14.28
debian debiandpkg1.14.29
debian debiandpkg1.14.30
debian debiandpkg1.15.0
debian debiandpkg1.15.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.2
debian debiandpkg1.15.3
debian debiandpkg1.15.3.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.4
debian debiandpkg1.15.4.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.5
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.2
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.3
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.4
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.5
debian debiandpkg1.15.5.6
debian debiandpkg1.15.6
debian debiandpkg1.15.6.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.7
debian debiandpkg1.15.7.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.7.2
debian debiandpkg1.15.8
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.1
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.2
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.3
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.4
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.5
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.6
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.7
debian debiandpkg1.15.8.9
debian debiandpkg1.16.0
debian debiandpkg1.16.0.1
debian debiandpkg1.16.0.2
debian debiandpkg1.16.0.3
debian debiandpkg1.16.1
debian debiandpkg1.16.1.1
debian debiandpkg1.16.1.2
debian debiandpkg1.16.2
debian debiandpkg1.16.3
debian debiandpkg1.16.4
debian debiandpkg1.16.4.1
debian debiandpkg1.16.4.2
debian debiandpkg1.16.4.3
debian debiandpkg1.16.5
debian debiandpkg1.16.6
debian debiandpkg1.16.7
debian debiandpkg1.16.8
debian debiandpkg1.16.9
debian debiandpkg1.16.10
debian debiandpkg1.16.11
debian debiandpkg1.16.12
debian debiandpkg1.17.0
debian debiandpkg1.17.1
debian debiandpkg1.17.2
debian debiandpkg1.17.3
debian debiandpkg1.17.4
debian debiandpkg1.17.5
debian debiandpkg1.17.6
debian debiandpkg1.17.7

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.