VDB
CVE-2020-23171
CVE-2020-23171
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.59% · 69.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.59%
69.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | nim | 0, 2.2.4-1, 1.6.14-1ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | nim | 0, *, 0.12.0-2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | nim | 1.0.2-1, 0.20.2-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | nim | 1.6.14-1, 1.6.14-1ubuntu1, 1.6.14-1ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | nim | 0, 0.17.2-1ubuntu1, 0.17.2-1ubuntu2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/nim-lang/zip/issues/54 (nist-nvd)
Timeline
- Aug 10, 2021 CVE Published
- Aug 11, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 9, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 6, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 25, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 22, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-23171 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/nim-lang/zip/issues/54 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-23171 third-party-advisory