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CVE-2020-11736fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of…
- 3.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.74%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.
Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.74% · top 45% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200417 [SECURITY] [DLA 2180-1] file-roller security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4332-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4332-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-202009-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-4078 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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