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CVE-2017-5974 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __zzip_get32 function in fetch.c in zziplib 0.13.62, 0.13.61, 0.13.60, 0.13.59, 0.13.58, 0.13.57, 0.13.56…

published 2017-03-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15043

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __zzip_get32 function in fetch.c in zziplib 0.13.62, 0.13.61, 0.13.60, 0.13.59, 0.13.58, 0.13.57, 0.13.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

Patch / fix

  • zziplib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.13.62-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5974

  • zziplib Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.13.62-2ubuntu0.1
  • zziplib Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5974

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

  • zziplib SLED 12 SP2, SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP2 +3 more 0.13.62-9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1095-1

  • zziplib openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.13.72-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11546-1

  • zziplib Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 0.13.67-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-5974

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

  • zziplib Azure Linux 3.0 0.13.74-1

azure linux advisories AZL-45219

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • zziplib Arch Linux 0.13.66-2

arch linux advisories AVG-191

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-2017-5974 updated cvss 3.7

zziplib: heap-based buffer overflow in __zzip_get32 (fetch.c)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 zziplib, zziplib-utils
    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

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • blogs.gentoo.org https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-__zzip_get32-fetch-c/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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