CVE-2014-9485

Directory traversal vulnerability in the do_extract_currentfile function in miniunz.c in miniunzip in minizip before 1.1-5 might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted entry in a ZIP archive.

Published: 2018-01-16 Last update: 2026-03-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9485 is rated Moderate Risk (48/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.73%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9485

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-30 4.18% 1.73% -2.45%
2 2025-03-30 4.57% 4.18% -0.38%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.57% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9485

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9485

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9485

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-9485 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (minizip), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9485
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9485 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (minizip), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, DNE 3, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9485

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9485

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zlib-ng minizip-ng <= 1.1-4 cpe:2.3:a:zlib-ng:minizip-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9485

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/11 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/16 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71846 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774321 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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