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title: "CVE-2017-14804\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-14804

Publication date 1 March 2018

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.9 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14804?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during
extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside
of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| obs-build | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.9 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.9 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14804)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14804)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-14804)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14804)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069904>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14804>