What is CVE-2017-16663?

CVE-2017-16663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-16663?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Sam2p_project Sam2p

CVE-2017-16663

In sam2p 0.49.4, there are integer overflows (with resultant heap-based buffer overflows) in input-bmp.ci in the function ReadImage, because "width * height" multiplications occur unsafely.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sam2p_project Sam2p — versions 0.49.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16663?: CVE-2017-16663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-16663?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.