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)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.4th 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

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.