CVE-2019-14452

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary...

7.5 HighFix available

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

3.69%Up 1.6 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: CVE-2019-14452
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: CVE-2019-14452
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2019-5641 No score

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: EUVD-2019-5641
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h5v-f3pf-4x55 7.5

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary...

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: GHSA-4h5v-f3pf-4x55
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: CVE-2019-14452
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-14452 7.5

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14452
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452 7.5

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14452
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2019-0249 No score

Updated sigil packages fix security vulnerability

Updated sigil package fixes security vulnerability:

Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem (CVE-2019-14452).

Record: MGASA-2019-0249
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-4085-1 No score

Sigil vulnerability

Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Record: USN-4085-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`sigil` Debian:12	before 0.9.16+dfsg-1	0.9.16+dfsg-1
`sigil` Debian:13	before 0.9.16+dfsg-1	0.9.16+dfsg-1
`sigil` Debian:14	before 0.9.16+dfsg-1	0.9.16+dfsg-1
`sigil` Mageia:6	before 0.9.16-1.mga6	0.9.16-1.mga6
`sigil` Mageia:7	before 0.9.16-1.mga7	0.9.16-1.mga7
`sigil` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions 0.8.7+dfsg-30.9.2+dfsg+dfsg-20.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu10.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1	0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
`sigil` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	before 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions 0.9.8+dfsg-2build20.9.9+dfsg-1	0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-14452 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Sigil-ebook Sigil, published July 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.69%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in sigil 0.9.16+dfsg-1.

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