CVE catalog

CVE-2024-47611

xz-utils: CVE-2024-47611

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Published: Oct 2, 2024, 2:16:07 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.76% · Oct 25, 2026

XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. When built for native Windows (MinGW-w64 or MSVC), the command line tools from XZ Utils 5.6.2 and older have a command line argument injection vulnerability. If a command line contains Unicode characters (for example, filenames) that don't exist in the current legacy code page, the characters are converted to similar-looking characters with best-fit mapping. Some best-fit mappings result in ASCII characters that change the meaning of the command line, which can be exploited with malicious filenames to do argument injection or directory traversal attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.6.3. Command line tools built for Cygwin or MSYS2 are unaffected. liblzma is unaffected.

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	xz-utils	sid	`5.8.4-1`	not affected
Debian	xz-utils	forky	`5.8.4-1`	not affected
Debian	xz-utils	trixie	`5.8.1-1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	xz-utils	trixie-security	`5.8.1-1+deb13u2`	not affected
Debian	xz-utils	bookworm	`5.4.1-1+deb12u1`	not affected
Debian	xz-utils	bookworm-security	`5.4.1-1+deb12u2`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	xz-utils	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xz-utils	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xz-utils	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xz-utils	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[liblzma5]Not affected
Source package: [xz-utils]
Details (4)
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
[liblzma-dev]Not affected
Source package: [xz-utils]
Details (4)
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
[liblzma-doc]Not affected
Source package: [xz-utils]
Details (4)
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
[xzdec]Not affected
Source package: [xz-utils]
Details (4)
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
[xz-utils]Not affected
Details (4)
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm
- 5.4.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · xz-utils · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 6:58:48 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]