CVE-2014-3864
Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg-dev 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package that lacks a --- header
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg-dev 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package that lacks a --- header
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-05-30 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9ad3967622013f83a5be5aaf4137fd789c973c350a518e8e7c626157da56ece6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2242-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2242-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2953http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2953
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140525 CVE request: another path traversal in dpkg-source during unpackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/25/2
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746498
- www.securityfocus.com67725http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67725
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.5ubuntu5.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.