Division by zero in ImageWorsener - CVE-2017-9201
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38948
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9201
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jason Summer
Affected software:
ImageWorsener
ImageWorsener
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within imagew-cmd.c:850:46 in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.1. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted image, related to imagew-api.c.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9201
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.