CVE-2016-6232
HIGH7.5EPSS 6.4%kde4libs - security update
Published: 8/2/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/karchivefrom 0, < 5.24.0-1
- Debian/kde4libsfrom 0, < 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u2
- Debian/kde4libsfrom 0, < 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |