PT-2019-7919 · Imageworsener · Imageworsener

Whitehat001 · Published 2019-05-09 · Updated 2019-05-09 · CVE-2017-12804

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 1.3.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory exhaustion, by providing a crafted file. This is related to the iwgif init screen function in imagew-gif.c at line 510.

Recommendations For ImageWorsener version 1.3.2, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the iwgif init screen function until a patch is available. Avoid processing crafted files with this version to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12804

Affected Products

Imageworsener

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/30 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12804 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12804 · Security Note