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Vulnerability details: VCID-q6zt-ft1w-8ka1
Vulnerability ID VCID-q6zt-ft1w-8ka1
Aliases CVE-2012-2139
GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5
OSV-81631
Summary Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to parameter.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
epss 0.03527 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2139
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/mikel/mail
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2139
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2139
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
https://github.com/mikel/mail
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
CVE-2012-2139 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2139
GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87856
EPSS Score 0.03527
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:51:56.067850+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/mail/CVE-2012-2139.yml 38.6.0