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CVE-2019-14452
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…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4085-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-sigil-cve-2019-14452/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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