Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2011-4675
CVE-2011-4675
Description
The pathname canonicalization functionality in io/filesystem/filesystem.cc in Widelands before 15.1 expands leading ~ (tilde) characters to home-directory pathnames but does not restrict use of these characters in strings received from the network, which might allow remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and overwrite arbitrary files via a ~ in a pathname that is used for a file transfer in an Internet game, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1932.
Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build10:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build10_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build11:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build11_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build12:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build12_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13_release_candidate2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build14:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build14_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build9:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- bazaar.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/build-15/revision/5021nvdPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71626nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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