CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14107
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• libzip libzip (< 1.3.0)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/01/libzip-memory-allocation-failure-in-_zip_cdir_grow-zip_dirent-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/9b46957ec98d85a572e9ef98301247f39338a3b5 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/01/libzip-memory-allocation-failure-in-_zip_cdir_grow-zip_dirent-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/9b46957ec98d85a572e9ef98301247f39338a3b5 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory