Dpkg vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product423 versions
The short answer

Dpkg is made by Debian. We track 13 published vulnerabilities in it, across 423 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Dpkg, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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None of Dpkg's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Dpkg flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. 5.0%

    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...

    CVSS7.5Published3 Dec 2015
  2. 4.7%

    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...

    CVSS9.8Published26 Apr 2017
  3. 3.3%

    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...

    CVSS6.8Published20 Jan 2015
  4. 3.2%

    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.

    CVSS9.8Published26 May 2022
  5. 3.1%

    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...

    CVSS6.8Published11 Jan 2011
  6. 2.9%

    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,...

    CVSS5.0Published30 Apr 2014
  7. 2.9%

    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.

    CVSS6.8Published11 Jan 2011
  8. 2.1%

    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...

    CVSS7.1Published14 May 2014
  9. 2.0%

    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.

    CVSS5.8Published15 Mar 2010
  10. 1.8%

    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).

    CVSS4.3Published13 Apr 2015
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We track 13 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Dpkg, across 423 versions.

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