CVE-2014-3227
dpkg 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.14, and 1.17.x before 1.17.9 expect the patch program to be compliant with a need for the "C-style encoded filenames" feature, but is supported in environments with noncompliant patch programs, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of reliance on unrealistic constraints on the behavior of an external program.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3243)
- Published
- May 30, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3243 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
- debian / dpkg
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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