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CVE-2017-14107

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14107 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libzip versions prior to 1.3.0, including those found in Debian Linux. Remote attackers can trigger a memory allocation failure by providing a specially crafted ZIP archive that mishandles EOCD records. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on availability (A:H), though it does not affect confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libzip:libzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libzip
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libzip

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14107Low

libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function

Aug 29, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/09/01/libzip-memory-allocation-failure-in-_zip_cdir_grow-zip_dirent-c
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / nih-at/libzip/commit/9b46957ec98d85a572e9ef98301247f39338a3b5
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory