CVE-2015-1395

7.5 highEPSS 11%

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2017-08-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
fedoraproject:fedora
gnu:patch

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1

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