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CVE-2017-5979

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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.

Affected products

• gdraheim zziplib: 0.13.62

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
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-null-pointer-dereference-in-prescan_entry-fseeko-c/

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