Is CVE-2008-2942 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2942 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2942?

CVE-2008-2942 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2942?

CVE-2008-2942 has an EPSS score of 1.88% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2942?

Upgrade mercurial on debian 11 to 1.0.1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2942

MEDIUMEPSS 77th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

mercurialDebian

Fixed in:1.0.1-2CVE-2008-2942

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

selenic.com

Other references12

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.