CVE-2005-1228

N/A
Published: April 22, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGzip

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (20)

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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