Is CVE-2017-5180 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5180 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5180?

CVE-2017-5180 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5180?

CVE-2017-5180 has an EPSS score of 0.74% (50th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5180?

Upgrade firejail on debian 11 to 0.9.44.2-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5180

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Firejail before 0.9.44.4 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.8 LTS does not consider the .Xauthority case during its attempt to prevent accessing user files with an euid of zero, which allows local users to conduct sandbox-escape attacks via vectors involving a symlink and the --private option.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

firejailDebian

Fixed in:0.9.44.2-3CVE-2017-5180

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

50thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 50% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

firejail.wordpress.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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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.