What is CVE-2018-5252?

CVE-2018-5252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-5252?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2018-5252

libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.2, when libjpeg 8d is used, has a large loop in the get_raw_sample_int function in imagew-main.c.

Published 2018-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% 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 1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-834 — Excessive Iteration

References

github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/34 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5252?: CVE-2018-5252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5252?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.