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CVE-2017-14501

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14501 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libarchive 3.3.2, specifically within the parse_file_info function when processing specially crafted ISO9660 files. Rated 6.5 Medium, this flaw requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious ISO file) and could lead to a denial of service, though it does not impact confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libarchive-0:3.3.3-1.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libarchive
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libarchive

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14501Low

libarchive: Out-of-bounds read in parse_file_info

Sep 16, 2017

References

bugs.debian.org / 875966
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/949
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-11
usn.ubuntu.com / 3736-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4360