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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1268

CVE-2001-1268

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 5.42 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) in an extracted filename.

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Affected products

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  • Info Zip/Unzip2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.42
    • (no CPE)range: <=5.42

Patches

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