Name: CVE-2017-14107: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-14107, CWE-770, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.032

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade libzip	Oct 27, 2017	Sep 1, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade libzip	Dec 29, 2021	Sep 1, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libzip	Sep 27, 2017	Sep 27, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Aug 29, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade libzip5Upgrade libzip-develUpgrade libzip2	Sep 25, 2017	Sep 1, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libzip4 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ziptool (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade zipcmp (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 22, 2023	Sep 1, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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