CVE-2017-14388

Summary

CVE	CVE-2017-14388
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	dell
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2017-11-13 17:29:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Description	Cloud Foundry Foundation GrootFS release 0.3.x versions prior to 0.30.0 do not validate DiffIDs, allowing specially crafted images to poison the grootfs volume cache. For example, this could allow an attacker to provide an image layer that GrootFS would consider to be the Ubuntu base layer.

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001820000 probability, percentile 0.394590000 (date 2026-05-13)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | Does not validate DiffIDs

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	7.8	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	6.8		`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.10.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.11.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.12.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.13.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.14.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.15.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.16.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.17.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.17.1	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.18.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.19.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.20.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.21.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.24.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.25.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.26.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.27.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.28.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.28.1	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.29.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.3.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.4.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.5.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.6.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.7.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.8.0	All	All	All
Application	Pivotal Software	Grootfs	0.9.0	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	GrootFS Release GrootFS Release 0.3.x Versions Prior To 0.30.0	affected GrootFS release GrootFS release 0.3.x versions prior to 0.30.0	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
CVE-2017-14388: GrootFS doesn't validate DiffIDs \| Cloud Foundry	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.cloudfoundry.org	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.