PT-2017-17746 · Unknown · Imageworsener

Published 2017-04-06 · Updated 2019-09-16 · CVE-2017-7453

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ImageWorsener version 1.3.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a NULL pointer dereference, by providing a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the iwgif record pixel function.

Recommendations For ImageWorsener version 1.3.0, consider avoiding the use of the iwgif record pixel function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7453

Affected Products

Imageworsener

References · 5

• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7453 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7453 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97497 · Note