When was CVE-2005-1228 disclosed?

CVE-2005-1228 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 2, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-1228 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1228 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 89.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-1228?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-1228, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-1228

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 89.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (40)

cve@mitreftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255
cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/15047
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18100
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21253
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/22033
cve@mitrehttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/15721
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
cve@mitrehttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

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