What is CVE-2017-7940?

CVE-2017-7940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-7940?

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

Resource exhaustion in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-7940

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

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2017-04-18 · 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: 0.009 (56.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/18 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7940?: CVE-2017-7940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-7940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.