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CVE-2017-5332

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The extract_group_icon_cursor_resource in wrestool/extract.c in icoutils before 0.31.1 can access unallocated memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Icoutils Project Icoutils: before 0.31.1 — fixed in 0.31.1
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1, 42.2
• Opensuse: 13.2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
• 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00024.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00026.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3765
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95380
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3178-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1412263
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/icoutils.git/commit/?id=1aa9f28f7bcbdfff6a84a15ac8d9a87559b1596a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00024.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00025.html

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