CVE-2014-4978

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The rs_filter_graph function in librawstudio/rs-filter.c in rawstudio might allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.png or (2) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 22
Rawstudio: 2.0-1.1

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162109.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/16/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68671
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754899
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120093
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94633
https://github.com/rawstudio/rawstudio/commit/9c2cd3c93c05d009a91d84eedbb85873b0cb505d
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162109.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/16/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68671
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754899
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120093

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