CVE-2017-5208

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2017-01-08
CWE:
CWE-190->CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1411251: CVE-2017-5208 icoutils: Check_offset overflow on 64-bit systems
A vulnerability was found in icoutils, in the wrestool program. An attacker could create a crafted executable that, when read by wrestool, could result in memory corruption leading to a crash or potential code execution.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5208 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 8.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (icoutils) RHSA-2017:0837 2017-03-23

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