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title: "CVE-2017-14120\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-14120

Publication date 3 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14120?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

unrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a directory
traversal vulnerability for RAR v2 archives: pathnames of the form
../[filename] are unpacked into the upper directory.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| unrar-free | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-4~build0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2+deb7u1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14120)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14120)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-14120)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14120)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1>
* <https://bugs.debian.org/874059>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14120>