{"id":"USN-5378-2","summary":"xz-utils vulnerability","details":"Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that XZ Utils incorrectly handled certain\nfilenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing\nxzgrep operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could\noverwrite arbitrary files.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:34Z","published":"2022-04-13T12:45:29Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1271"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-1271","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1271"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5378-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1271"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xz-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["5.2.2-1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"liblzma-dev"},{"binary_version":"5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"liblzma5"},{"binary_version":"5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xz-utils"},{"binary_version":"5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xzdec"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-1271"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5378-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xz-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["5.2.4-1","5.2.4-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"liblzma-dev"},{"binary_version":"5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"liblzma5"},{"binary_version":"5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"xz-utils"},{"binary_version":"5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"xzdec"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-1271"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5378-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}