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CVE-2017-14166

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 3.21% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-14166
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.21%

Original NVD Description

libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.

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