CVE-2017-5979

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.6%

Medium (5.5) in gdraheim zziplib. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The prescan_entry function in fseeko.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2017-03-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gdraheim:zziplib

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96268
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-null-pointer-dereference-in-prescan_entry-fseeko-c/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96268

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