{"id":"CVE-2016-6232","details":"Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:22:33.849057Z","published":"2016-08-02T16:59:07.197Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2016:1884-1","openSUSE-SU-2016:2223-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.10"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5.24"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6232.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}