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CVE-2020-23171

Published: 10 August 2021

A vulnerability in all versions of Nim-lang allows unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary directories via a crafted zip file with dot-slash characters included in the name of the crafted file.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
nim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N