CVE-2017-9203

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Published 2017-05-23 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

VIR risk

6.5

Description

imagew-main.c:960:12 in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow) via a crafted image, related to imagew-bmp.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
entropymine	imageworsener	`1.3.1`

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities/
https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/a4f247707f08e322f0b41e82c3e06e224240a654
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities/
https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/a4f247707f08e322f0b41e82c3e06e224240a654

CWEs

CWE-787

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.