ubuntu-cve-2017-5208
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-01-09 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

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.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icoutils",
            "binary_version": "0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "icoutils",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icoutils@0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.31.0-1",
        "0.31.0-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icoutils",
            "binary_version": "0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "icoutils",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icoutils@0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.31.0-2",
        "0.31.0-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5208",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:06Z",
  "published": "2017-01-09T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5208"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/08/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3178-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4695-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5208"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3178-1",
    "USN-4695-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-5208"
  ]
}



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