Description
This affects the package juce-framework/JUCE before 6.1.5. This vulnerability is triggered when a malicious archive is crafted with an entry containing a symbolic link. When extracted, the symbolic link is followed outside of the target dir allowing writing arbitrary files on the target host. In some cases, this can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerable code is in the ZipFile::uncompressEntry function in juce_ZipFile.cpp and is executed when the archive is extracted upon calling uncompressTo() on a ZipFile object.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | juce | 6.1.5~ds0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | juce | 6.1.5~ds0-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | juce | 6.1.5~ds0-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | juce | No fix yet | — |