CVE-2020-10870

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10870
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-10870.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-10870
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-03-23T20:15:11.807Z
Modified
2025-11-14T10:08:21.812634Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Zim through 0.72.1 creates temporary directories with predictable names. A malicious user could predict and create Zim's temporary directories and prevent other users from being able to start Zim, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.42
0.42-alpha1
0.42-alpha2
0.42-beta1
0.42-beta2
0.42-beta3
0.43
0.44
0.45
0.46
0.47
0.48
0.49
0.50
0.51
0.52
0.53
0.54
0.55
0.56
0.57
0.58
0.59
0.60
0.61
0.62
0.63
0.64
0.65
0.66
0.67
0.67-rc1
0.67-rc2
0.68
0.68-rc1
0.69
0.70
0.70-rc1
0.70-rc2
0.70-rc3
0.71.0
0.71.1
0.72.0
0.72.1

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-10870.json"