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CVE-2017-5979

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5979 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting gdraheim zziplib version 0.13.62, specifically within the prescan_entry function in fseeko.c. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash by providing a specially crafted ZIP file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is currently no known 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 5,758 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-2017-5979Low

zziplib: NULL pointer dereference in prescan_entry (fseeko.c)

Feb 9, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-null-pointer-dereference-in-prescan_entry-fseeko-c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3878
securityfocus.com / bid/96268