What is CVE-2017-5975?

CVE-2017-5975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-5975?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5975 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Gdraheim Zziplib

CVE-2017-5975

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __zzip_get64 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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gdraheim Zziplib — versions 0.13.56, 0.13.57, 0.13.58
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5975?: CVE-2017-5975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-5975?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5975 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.