{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0471","details":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to \"C-style filename quoting.\"","modified":"2026-04-22T09:28:53.606459Z","published":"2014-04-28T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2183-1","USN-2183-2"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0471"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0471"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2183-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2183-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0471"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.5ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"dpkg"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"dselect"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libdpkg-perl"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0471.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}