CVE-2010-0012

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within a .torrent file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 5.0
Opensuse: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2
Transmissionbt Transmission: 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, 1.76

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+lenny2.diff.gz
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel-changes%40lists.debian.org/msg264483.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/4
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0071
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55454

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