CVE-2015-1191
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-1333)
- Published
- January 21, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1333 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/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(Exploit)
- https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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