CVE-2017-9205

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2017-9205 · Published 23/05/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-9205 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting imageworsener (entropymine).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imageworsener entropymine	`= 1.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

The iw_get_ui16be function in imagew-util.c:422:24 in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and SEGV) via a crafted image, related to imagew-jpeg.c.

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities · Patch
jsummers/imageworsener commit b45cb1b · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

imageworsener

entropymine

= 1.3.1

No fix yet

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