CVE-2017-14107

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Published 2017-09-01 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14107

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14107.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/9b46957ec98d85a572e9ef98301247f39338a3b5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/01/libzip-memory-allocation-failure-in-_zip_cdir_grow-zip_dirent-c/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.5.1-3
debian debianbullseyefixed1.5.1-3
debian debianforkyfixed1.5.1-3
debian debiansidfixed1.5.1-3
debian debiantrixiefixed1.5.1-3
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libziplibzip{"endExcluding":"1.3.0"}1.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-770

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.