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CVE-2020-16116In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
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 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-202008-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-cac5ae9b6e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1183 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-e2fe8f0165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-4461-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220520 [SECURITY] [DLA 3015-1] ark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2020-8082 (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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