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CVE-2017-5208

Integer overflow in the wrestool program in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to...

8.8 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.59%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-5208
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-5208
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14314 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-14314
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3v6p-5m88-xqx6 8.8

Integer overflow in the wrestool program in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to...

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.

Record
GHSA-3v6p-5m88-xqx6
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-5208
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-5208 8.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5208
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2017:0837 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: icoutils security update

Record
RHSA-2017:0837
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5208 8.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5208
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0044 No score

Updated icoutils packages fix security vulnerability

Multiple programming errors in the wrestool tool of the icoutils suite allows denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed binary is parsed (CVE-2017-5208, CVE-2017-5331, CVE-2017-5332, CVE-2017-5333).

Record
MGASA-2017-0044
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10858-1 No score

icoutils-0.32.3-1.7 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the icoutils-0.32.3-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10858-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4695-1 No score

icoutils vulnerabilities

Choongwoo Han discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5208)

It was discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5331, CVE-2017-5332, CVE-2017-5333)

Jerzy Kramarz discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-6009, CVE-2017-6010)

Jerzy Kramarz discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-6011)

Record
USN-4695-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
icoutils
Debian:12
 before 0.31.0-4
0.31.0-4
icoutils
Debian:13
 before 0.31.0-4
0.31.0-4
icoutils
Debian:14
 before 0.31.0-4
0.31.0-4
icoutils
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0.29.1-5deb7u1, plus listed versions
0.29.1-5
0.29.1-5deb7u1
icoutils
Debian:8
 before 0.31.0-2+deb8u1, plus listed versions
0.31.0-2
0.31.0-2+deb8u1
icoutils
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0.31.1-1.mga5
0.31.1-1.mga5
icoutils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
icoutils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
icoutils
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
0.31.0-10.31.0-2
0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
icoutils
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.31.0-20.31.0-3
0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1
icoutils
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.31.0-20.31.0-3
0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1
icoutils
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0.32.3-1.7
0.32.3-1.7

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-5208 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Icoutils Project Icoutils, published January 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.59%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in icoutils 0.31.0-4.

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