CVE-2015-1191

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pigz 2.3.1 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) .. (dot dot) in an archive.

Affected products

zlib Pigz: 2.3.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00017.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72109
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774978
https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00017.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72109
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774978
https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f

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