CVE-2013-0296
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Race condition in pigz before 2.2.5 uses permissions derived from the umask when compressing a file before setting that file's permissions to match those of the original file, which might allow local users to bypass intended access permissions while compression is occurring.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0316)
- Published
- April 27, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0316 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- zlib / pigz
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00106.html
- http://mail.zlib.net/pipermail/pigz-announce_zlib.net/2012-July/000006.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/16/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700608
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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