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low 3.3

CVE-2020-16116 json

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory tra…

published 2020-08-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-8082

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

Patch / fix

  • kde ark 20.08.0
  • ark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:20.04.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16116

  • ark Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1.1
  • ark Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16116

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ark openSUSE Tumbleweed 21.08.1-1.2
  • ark Package Hub 15 SP2, Package Hub 15 SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 +1 more 20.04.2-bp152.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10632-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1183-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1183-2

  • ark Alpine 3.12 20.04.2-r1
  • ark Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 20.04.3-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-16116 updated cvss 3.3

ark: maliciously crafted archive can install files anywhere in the user's home directory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ark, ark-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.