What is CVE-2017-9203?

CVE-2017-9203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-9203?

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

Buffer overflow in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2017-9203

imagew-main.c:960:12 in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow) via a crafted image, related to imagew-bmp.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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 2026-09-30.

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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities/ (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/a4f247707f08e322f0b41e82c3e06e224240a6… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9203?: CVE-2017-9203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-9203?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.