Is CVE-2017-12941 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12941 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12941?

CVE-2017-12941 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12941?

CVE-2017-12941 has an EPSS score of 2.20% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12941?

Upgrade unrar-nonfree on debian 11 to 1:5.5.8-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12941

CRITICALEPSS 80th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the Unpack::Unpack20 function.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

unrar-nonfreeDebian

Fixed in:1:5.5.8-1CVE-2017-12941

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

seclists.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.