CVE-2020-24654

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24654
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24654.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-24654
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-09-02T17:15:12.327Z
Modified
2026-07-08T19:02:36.338364Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "20.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "20.04"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "32"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "32"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "33"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "15.2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/kde/ark

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kde/ark
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4438db46eab7208adaa8c9a71653335b59a0518e
Fixed
8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "20.08.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.1.0
v14.*
v14.11.80
v14.11.90
v15.*
v15.03.80
v15.03.90
v15.03.95
v15.11.80
v15.11.90
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.2.0
v20.*
v20.07.80
v20.07.90
v20.08.0
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.2.0
v3.3.0
v3.4.0
v3.4.0-beta1
v3.4.0-beta2
v3.4.90
v3.4.91
v3.80.2
v3.80.3
v3.90.1
v3.93
v3.94
v3.95
v3.96
v3.97
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.71
v4.0.80
v4.0.83
v4.0.98
v4.1.80
v4.1.85
v4.1.96
v4.10.80
v4.10.90
v4.11.80
v4.11.90
v4.11.95
v4.11.97
v4.12.0
v4.12.80
v4.12.90
v4.13.80
v4.2.85
v4.2.90
v4.2.95
v4.3.80
v4.3.85
v4.3.90
v4.4.80
v4.4.85
v4.4.90
v4.5.80
v4.5.85
v4.5.90
v4.6.80
v4.6.90
v4.7.80
v4.7.90
v4.7.95
v4.8.80
v4.8.90
v4.8.95
v4.9.80
v4.9.90
v4.9.95
v4.9.97
v4.9.98

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T19:02:36Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "plugins/libarchive/libarchiveplugin.cpp"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/kde/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd",
        "id": "CVE-2020-24654-6bd062c2",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "126268697906387531437154722463783316877",
                "317460705606065930337357873444419032854",
                "22211685237769324778665279359871263565",
                "41088019058332385618989110578566294914",
                "155381852536936527875410613708669712708",
                "47780818950179183007580105816750554121"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "plugins/libarchive/libarchiveplugin.cpp",
            "function": "LibarchivePlugin::extractionFlags"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/kde/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd",
        "id": "CVE-2020-24654-9152fb74",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "162839930763540093723269469660633470842",
            "length": 144.0
        }
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24654.json"