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CVE-2019-17582

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17582 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in libzip versions prior to 1.2.0, specifically within the _zip_dirent_read function, triggered by processing a malformed ZIP archive. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high-severity threat, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical rating, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libzip:libzip:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-17582Moderate

libzip: use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c

Feb 9, 2021

References

github.com / nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / nih-at/libzip/issues/5
Third Party Advisory
libzip.org / libzip-discuss
Release NotesVendor Advisory