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title: "CVE-2024-45720\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-45720

Publication date 9 October 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45720?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

On Windows platforms, a "best fit" character encoding conversion of command
line arguments to Subversion's executables (e.g., svn.exe, etc.) may lead
to unexpected command line argument interpretation, including argument
injection and execution of other programs, if a specially crafted command
line argument string is processed.
All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.3 are
affected on Windows platforms only. Users are recommended to upgrade to
version Subversion 1.14.4, which fixes this issue.
Subversion is not affected on UNIX-like platforms.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| subversion | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |

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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**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45720)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45720)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-45720)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45720)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45720>
* <https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-45720-advisory.txt>