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CVE-2014-0471

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0024 (0.2%)
Percentile: 47.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

debian:dpkgcanonical:ubuntu_linux

Technical description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

Published: 4/30/2014, 2:22:06 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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