CVE-2017-14107 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Libzip

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 29.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibzipDebian LibzipDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlibzip/libzip< 1.3.0
▶debiandebian/libzip< libzip 1.5.1-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibzip/libzip< 1.5.1-3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r7fp-6p6g-f7f5: The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-14107: The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open↗2017-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libzip vulnerability↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function↗2017-08-29
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Debian
CVE-2017-14107: libzip - The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EO...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14107 libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function↗2017-09-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14107 libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function [fedora-25]↗2017-09-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14107 mingw-libzip: libzip: Memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow function [fedora-all]↗2017-09-06
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