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CVE-2005-1228: gnu gzip

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1228
Published 22-04-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1228 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu gzip. EPSS estimates a 3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-752-1RHSA-2005:357

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gzip< 1.3.5-10
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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