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CVE-2017-5208

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

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 products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Icoutils Project Icoutils: before 0.31.1 — fixed in 0.31.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.3, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Icoutils Project Icoutils 0.31.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3756
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/08/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95315
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1411251
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-12
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3756
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/08/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95315
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1411251
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-12

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