What is CVE-2017-7624?

CVE-2017-7624 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-7624?

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

Vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-7624

The iw_read_bmp_file function in imagew-bmp.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

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 (70.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.2% 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-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97575 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/10 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7624?: CVE-2017-7624 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-7624?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.