CVE-2017-7624 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service in ImageWorsener by submitting a crafted BMP file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-7624?

CVE-2017-7624 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The iw_read_bmp_file function in imagew-bmp.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7624?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Entropymine Imageworsener.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7624?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7624 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-7624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3jc5-rpp7-524c.

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