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CVE-2017-5206: firejail_project firejail

CVSS: 9.0v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5206DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5206
Published 23-03-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5206 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in firejail_project firejail. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.94%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10759-1

Timeline

  1. 23-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 1.76% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • firejail< 0.9.44.4-1
Firejail_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • firejailAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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