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CVE-2017-5206
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…
- 9.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- [oss-security] 20170107 Re: Firejail local root exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-62 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-14312 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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