What is CVE-2017-9094?

CVE-2017-9094 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-9094?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-9094

The lzw_add_to_dict function in imagew-gif.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted image.

Published 2017-05-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.0% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98728 (vdb-entry)
github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/27 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9094?: CVE-2017-9094 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-9094?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.