{"id":"CVE-2017-5978","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5978","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:09:23.153Z","title":"The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.","description":"The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.","published":"2017-03-01T15:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["gdraheim/zziplib"],"epss":{"score":0.01616,"percentile":0.75892,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02643,"percentile":0.84868},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01616,"percentile":0.74958}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96268","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-out-of-bounds-read-in-zzip_mem_entry_new-memdisk-c/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96268","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-out-of-bounds-read-in-zzip_mem_entry_new-memdisk-c/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5978","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}