CVE-2017-14804
The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.71% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-20
- Affected
- suse/linux enterprise software development kit · opensuse/leap
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS 1.7% 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00024.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00025.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00030.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00024.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00025.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00030.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.