CVE-2012-2241

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.12.3 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, probably related to a NULL byte in a filename.

Affected products

Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: through 2.12.2; 2.7.0, 2.8.14, 2.9.21, 2.9.22, 2.9.23, 2.9.24 (+84)

References

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0fd15bdec07b085f9ef438dacd18e159ac60b810
http://secunia.com/advisories/50600
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55564
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78977
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0fd15bdec07b085f9ef438dacd18e159ac60b810
http://secunia.com/advisories/50600
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55564
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78977

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