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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2017-5330 json

ark before 16.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable in an archive, related to associated applicatio…

published 2017-03-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14435

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ark before 16.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable in an archive, related to associated applications.

Patch / fix

  • ark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:16.08.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5330

  • ark Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5330

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ark Package Hub 12 SP1 15.12.3-8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:0140-1openSUSE-SU-2017:0150-1

  • ark Arch Linux 16.12.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-130

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5330 updated cvss 7.8

ark: Unintended execution of scripts and executable files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ark, ark-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.kde.org https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374572 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.