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CVE-2017-5208 json

Integer overflow in the wrestool program in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption)…

published 2017-08-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14314

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the wrestool program in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted executable, which triggers a denial of service (application crash) or the possibility of execution of arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • icoutils_project icoutils 0.31.1
  • icoutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.31.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5208

  • icoutils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
  • icoutils Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5208

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • icoutils RHEL 7 0.31.3-1.el7_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0837

  • icoutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.32.3-1.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10858-1

  • icoutils Arch Linux 0.31.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-129

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5208 updated cvss 8.1

icoutils: Check_offset overflow on 64-bit systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) icoutils 0.31.3-1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) icoutils 0.31.3-1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) icoutils 0.31.3-1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) icoutils 0.31.3-1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) icoutils 0.31.3-1.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0837

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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