PT-2017-17852 · Unknown · Imageworsener

Published 2017-04-10 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7624

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 consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file, potentially leading to memory exhaustion. This is due to a problem in the iw read bmp file function in imagew-bmp.c in libimageworsener.a.

Recommendations For ImageWorsener version 1.3.0, consider restricting the use of the iw read bmp file function until a patch is available to prevent potential memory exhaustion attacks.

Fix

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7624

Affected Products

Imageworsener

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7624 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/10 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97575 · Note