What is CVE-2017-14107?

CVE-2017-14107 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libzip, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-14107?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14107 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Libzip

CVE-2017-14107

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.

EPSS: 0.032 (86.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libzip
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

AtokTajuddin/BOAR_

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14107?: CVE-2017-14107 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libzip, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-14107?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14107 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.