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CVE-2008-2942

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 1.88%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-2942
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
1.88%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.