Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting icoutils package, versions [,0.31.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.73% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ICOUTILS-2384060
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-5208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade icoutils to version 0.31.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. 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.

CVSS Scores

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