VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-0359
diffoscope before 77 writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
diffoscope before 77 writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.25% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- reproducible builds/diffoscope · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/854723Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0359Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/854723Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0359Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.