{"id":"CVE-2019-17582","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-17582","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:53.122Z","title":"A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive.","description":"A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive. NOTE: the discoverer states \"This use-after-free is triggered prior to the double free reported in CVE-2017-12858.\"","published":"2021-02-09T19:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:24:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["libzip/libzip"],"epss":{"score":0.02451,"percentile":0.8427,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/issues/5","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://libzip.org/libzip-discuss/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/issues/5","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://libzip.org/libzip-discuss/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17582","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."}