Buffer overflow in Icoutils Project
CVE-2017-6010
An issue was discovered in icoutils 0.31.1. A buffer overflow was observed in the "extract_icons" function in the "extract.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted ico file and will result in an icotool crash.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% 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
- Icoutils Project — versions 0.31.1
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.3, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Mailing List, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96288 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3807 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6010?
- CVE-2017-6010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Icoutils Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-16.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6010?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-6010 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.