CVE catalog
CVE-2014-4877
wget: CVE-2014-4877
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 39.88% · Oct 25, 2026
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | sid | 1.25.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | forky | 1.25.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | trixie | 1.25.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | bookworm | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.14-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.14-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.14-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.14-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wget | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | source | sid | 1.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [766981] |
| Debian | wget | source | forky | 1.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [766981] |
| Debian | wget | source | trixie | 1.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [766981] |
| Debian | wget | source | bookworm | 1.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [766981] |
| Ubuntu | wget | deb | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | Not reported | USN-2393-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | wget | deb | 14.04 | 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4877 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [wget]Fixed
Details (2)
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.16-1dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.16-1dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [wget]Fixed
Details (2)
1.25.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.16-1dsa · wget · debian · 13
1.25.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.16-1dsa · wget · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1764]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2014_1764.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4877]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-82-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3062-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4877]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2393-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4877]
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