What is CVE-2017-9201?

CVE-2017-9201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-9201?

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

Vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-9201

imagew-cmd.c:850:46 in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted image, related to imagew-api.c.

Published 2017-05-23 · 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: 0.012 (67.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities/ (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/dc49c807926b96e503bd7c0dec35119eecd6c6… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9201?: CVE-2017-9201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-9201?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.