CVE-2015-5069

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2015-5069 · Published 26/09/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-5069 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting battle for wesnoth (wesnoth).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
battle for wesnoth wesnoth	`= 1.13.0≤ 1.12.2`	No fix yet

Description

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.3 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161722.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161752.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/12 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/75424 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
wesnoth/wesnoth commit f891446 · Patch
wesnoth/wesnoth release 1.12.3 · Release Notes
wesnoth/wesnoth release 1.13.1 · Release Notes
gna.org/bugs · Broken Link

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

battle for wesnoth

wesnoth

= 1.13.0≤ 1.12.2

No fix yet

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