What is CVE-2017-7623?

CVE-2017-7623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-7623?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-7623

The iwmiffr_convert_row32 function in imagew-miff.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/12 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97577 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7623?: CVE-2017-7623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-7623?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.