CVE-2017-14166

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-09-06 18:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 19:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-09-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5c695c77aa823fab604e0c87974506bc82d5649b003279c8bc7c8b2b7c757701

• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1600-1] libarchive security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4360https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3736-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201908-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO