What is CVE-2017-12804?

CVE-2017-12804 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-12804?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-12804

The iwgif_init_screen function in imagew-gif.c:510 in ImageWorsener 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hmemory exhaustion) via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2019-05-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/30 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12804?: CVE-2017-12804 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-12804?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.