Name: CVE-2021-23520: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-23520, CWE-22, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00738

The package juce-framework/juce before 6.1.5 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) via the ZipFile::uncompressEntry function in juce_ZipFile.cpp. This vulnerability is triggered when the archive is extracted upon calling uncompressTo() on a ZipFile object.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade juce	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 31, 2022
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 31, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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