This page lists publicly disclosed CVE vulnerabilities affecting debian dpkg (linked via NVD CPE). Each row includes severity scores, summaries, and publication dates to help identify and analyze security issues.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-2219 | It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive, which may result in denial of service (infinite loop spinning the CPU). | [email protected] | 7.5 | 0.01% | 2026-03-07 | 2026-06-02 |
| CVE-2025-6297 | It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory permissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory, which is documented as being a safe operation even on untrusted data. This may result in leaving temporary files behind on cleanup. Given automated and repeated execution of dpkg-deb commands on adversarial .deb packages or with well compressible files, placed inside a directory with permissions not allowing removal by a non-root user, this can end up in a | [email protected] | 8.2 | 0.27% | 2025-07-01 | 2025-08-19 |
| CVE-2022-1664 | Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 0.74% | 2022-05-26 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2017-8283 | dpkg-source in dpkg 1.3.0 through 1.18.23 is able to use a non-GNU patch program and does not offer a protection mechanism for blank-indented diff hunks, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted Debian source package, as demonstrated by use of dpkg-source on NetBSD. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 1.08% | 2017-04-26 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2015-0860 | Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in Debian dpkg 1.16.x before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an "old-style" Debian binary package, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 4.38% | 2015-12-03 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2015-0840 | The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc). | [email protected] | 4.3 | 0.74% | 2015-04-13 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2014-8625 | Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 2.46% | 2015-01-20 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2014-3227 | dpkg 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.14, and 1.17.x before 1.17.9 expect the patch program to be compliant with a need for the "C-style encoded filenames" feature, but is supported in environments with noncompliant patch programs, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of reliance on unrealistic constraints on the b | [email protected] | 6.4 | 0.39% | 2014-05-30 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2014-3127 | dpkg 1.15.9 on Debian squeeze introduces support for the "C-style encoded filenames" feature without recognizing that the squeeze patch program lacks this feature, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this can be considered a release engineering problem in the effort to fix CVE-2014-0471. | [email protected] | 7.1 | 0.78% | 2014-05-14 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2014-0471 | Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting." | [email protected] | 5.0 | 0.24% | 2014-04-30 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2011-0402 | dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files in the .pc directory. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 1.29% | 2011-01-11 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-1679 | Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a patch for a source-format 3.0 package. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 0.79% | 2011-01-11 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2004-2768 | dpkg 1.9.21 does not properly reset the metadata of a file during replacement of the file in a package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid file, (2) setgid file, or (3) device, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059. | [email protected] | 7.2 | 0.06% | 2010-06-08 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-0396 | Directory traversal vulnerability in the dpkg-source component in dpkg before 1.14.29 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted Debian source archive. | [email protected] | 5.8 | 0.40% | 2010-03-15 | 2026-04-29 |