CVE-2008-2942
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5263)
- Published
- June 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5263 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mercurial / mercurial
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
- http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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