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CVE-2022-1664

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.06%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-05-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Debian.

CVE
CVE-2022-1664
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.06%
Debian

Original NVD Description

Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.

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