Is CVE-2020-16116 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-16116 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-16116?

CVE-2020-16116 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-16116?

CVE-2020-16116 has an EPSS score of 1.71% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16116?

Upgrade ark on debian 11 to 4:20.04.3-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-16116

LOWEPSS 75th pctl

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

arkDebian

Fixed in:4:20.04.3-1CVE-2020-16116

arkUbuntu

Fixed in:4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1.1USN-4461-1

Fixed in:4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.1USN-4461-1

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.71%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

kde.org

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references2

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CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
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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 2024-11-21.