CVE-2015-0556

medium

Published 2015-04-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.8

Description

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
22	Affected	—
21	Affected	—
20	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.10.22-13`
sid	Fixed	`3.10.22-13`
forky	Fixed	`3.10.22-13`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.10.22-13`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.10.22-13`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
arj_software	arj_archiver	`{"endIncluding":"3.10.22"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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