PT-2017-18783 · Unknown · Imageworsener

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2019-09-16 · CVE-2017-9201

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ImageWorsener version 1.3.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a divide-by-zero error, by providing a crafted image. This is related to the imagew-api.c file.

Recommendations For ImageWorsener version 1.3.1, consider avoiding the use of crafted images that may trigger the divide-by-zero error until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of images from untrusted sources 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

Divide By Zero

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-369

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9201

Affected Products

Imageworsener

References · 4

• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/dc49c807926b96e503bd7c0dec35119eecd6c6fe · Patch
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9201 · Security Note