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CVE-2017-0359

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0359 describes a critical vulnerability in diffoscope before version 77, affecting Debian and Reproducible Builds distributions of diffoscope. This flaw allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to any location on disk by crafting a malicious archive. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential impact remains high.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 77CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:reproducible_builds:diffoscope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: diffoscopeFixed in: 76

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-8p5c-f328-9fvvcritical

Diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations due to an untrusted archive

Jul 13, 2018

References

bugs.debian.org / 854723
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2017-0359
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory