CVE-2008-2942

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 30, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-2942: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix