Is CVE-2017-5975 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5975 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5975?

CVE-2017-5975 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5975?

CVE-2017-5975 has an EPSS score of 2.08% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5975?

Upgrade zziplib on debian 11 to 0.13.62-3.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5975

MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __zzip_get64 function in fetch.c in zziplib 0.13.62, 0.13.61, 0.13.60, 0.13.59, 0.13.58, 0.13.57, 0.13.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

zziplibDebian

Fixed in:0.13.62-3.1CVE-2017-5975

libzzip-0-13Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.13.62-2ubuntu0.1USN-3320-1

Fixed in:0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3320-1

zziplibUbuntu

Fixed in:0.13.62-2ubuntu0.1USN-3320-1

Fixed in:0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3320-1

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

blogs.gentoo.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	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.