PT-2017-18012 · Unknown · Imageworsener

Published 2017-04-18 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7939

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 due to a stack-based buffer over-read. This occurs via a crafted file that exploits the read next pam token function in imagew-pnm.c in libimageworsener.a.

Recommendations For ImageWorsener version 1.3.0, consider avoiding the use of crafted files that could trigger the buffer over-read in the read next pam token function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7939

Affected Products

Imageworsener

References · 4

• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/13 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7939 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7939 · Vendor Advisory