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CVE-2017-14107 json

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5619

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Patch / fix

  • libzip libzip 1.3.0
  • libzip Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14107

  • libzip Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.0.1-0ubuntu1.1~esm1
  • libzip Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.1.2-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14107

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libzip SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.11.1-13.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2546-1

  • libzip openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11018-1

  • libzip Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 1.3.0-r0
  • libzip Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 +1 more 1.3.0
  • libzip Alpine 3.6 1.2.0-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14107

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14107 updated cvss 3.3

libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libzip Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libzip
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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