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CVE-2017-5978

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CVE-2017-5978 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the zzip_mem_entry_new function within zziplib version 0.13.62, affecting products like gdraheim zziplib. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted ZIP file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), successful exploitation requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening the malicious file), leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.13.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib:0.13.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: zziplib

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5978Low

zziplib: out of bounds read in zzip_mem_entry_new (memdisk.c)

Feb 9, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-out-of-bounds-read-in-zzip_mem_entry_new-memdisk-c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3878
securityfocus.com / bid/96268