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GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw
CVE-2017-14992
Description:
Lack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0, 17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable Versions | Patched Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| go |
github.com/vbatts/tar-split
|
< 0.10.2 |
0.10.2
|
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Advisory Details
| Published: | May 17, 2022 about 4 years ago |
| Updated: | June 07, 2026 9 days ago |
| CVSS Score: | 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS: | 0.42% 62th percentile |
| Source: | Github |
| Classification: | GENERAL |
| UUID: | GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1ocXdoLTh4djktNDJod84AAYKW |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14992
- https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/35075
- https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split/pull/42
- https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split/releases/tag/v0.10.2
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171119174639/https://blog.cloudpassage.com/2017/10/13/discovering-docker-cve-2017-14992
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw