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CVE-2017-5981

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CVE-2017-5981 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in zziplib version 0.13.62, specifically within the seeko.c component, which can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted ZIP file. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, but it can lead to a high impact on availability through an assertion failure and crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, 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 5,765 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-2017-5981Low

zziplib: assertion failure in seeko.c

Feb 9, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-assertion-failure-in-seeko-c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3878
securityfocus.com / bid/96268