Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-10870

Description

Zim through 0.72.1 creates temporary directories with predictable names. A malicious user could predict and create Zim's temporary directories and prevent other users from being able to start Zim, resulting in a denial of service.

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Affected products

Zim Wiki/Zim
cpe:2.3:a:zim-wiki:zim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.72.1
Zim/Zimdescription
Zim Desktop Wiki/zimllm-create
Range: <=0.72.1
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/zim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 0.73.5-1.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/1028nvdThird Party Advisory

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