CVE-2015-5070

low
Published 2017-09-26 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.1

Description

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.4 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when a case-insensitive filesystem is used, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-5069.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
42%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.13.1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.12.4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/commit/b2738ffb2fdd2550ececb74f76f75583c43c8b59

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236010

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/12

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wesnothbattle_for_wesnoth{"endIncluding":"1.12.2"}
wesnothbattle_for_wesnoth1.13.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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