CVE catalog

CVE-2015-2060

cabextract: CVE-2015-2060

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
2.31% · Oct 25, 2026

cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiancabextractsid1.11-2fixed
Debiancabextractforky1.11-2fixed
Debiancabextracttrixie1.11-2fixed
Debiancabextractbookworm1.9-3fixed
Ubuntucabextractpro1.4-4vulnerable
Ubuntucabextractpro1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiancabextractsourcesid1.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[778753]
Debiancabextractsourceforky1.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[778753]
Debiancabextractsourcetrixie1.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[778753]
Debiancabextractsourcebookworm1.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[778753]
Ubuntucabextractdebpro1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2060Not reported

[Debian bug #778753]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [cabextract]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 1.9-3 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.6-1

      dsa · cabextract · debian · bookworm; dsa · cabextract · debian · 12

    • 1.9-3 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.6-1

      dsa · cabextract · debian · bookworm; dsa · cabextract · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [cabextract]Fixed

    Source package: [cabextract]

    Details (2)

    • 1.11-2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.6-1

      dsa · cabextract · debian · 13

    • 1.11-2+b2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.6-1

      dsa · cabextract · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]