Is CVE-2017-14502 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14502 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14502?

CVE-2017-14502 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14502?

CVE-2017-14502 has an EPSS score of 3.37% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14502?

Upgrade libarchive on debian 11 to 3.2.2-4.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14502

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read CWE-193

How to fix

Remediation Available

libarchiveDebian

Fixed in:3.2.2-4.1CVE-2017-14502

libarchiveUbuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7USN-3859-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5USN-3859-1

Fixed in:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2USN-3859-1

libarchive13Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7USN-3859-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5USN-3859-1

Fixed in:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2USN-3859-1

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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references4

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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.