# CVE-2021-23520: Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip)

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-01-31 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The package juce-framework/juce before 6.1.5 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) via the ZipFile::uncompressEntry function in juce_ZipFile.cpp. This vulnerability is triggered when the archive is extracted upon calling uncompressTo() on a ZipFile object.

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## References

- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-JUCEFRAMEWORKJUCE-2388607
- https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/commit/2e874e80cba0152201aff6a4d0dc407997d10a7f

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