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CVE-2017-7962

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

Description

The iwgif_read_image function in imagew-gif.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Entropymine Imageworsener: 1.3.0

References

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/17/imageworsener-divide-by-zero-in-iwgif_record_pixel-imagew-gif-c/
• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/ca3356eb49fee03e2eaf6b6aff826988c1122d93
• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/15
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/17/imageworsener-divide-by-zero-in-iwgif_record_pixel-imagew-gif-c/
• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/ca3356eb49fee03e2eaf6b6aff826988c1122d93
• https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/15
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06

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