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CVE-2017-5208

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5208 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the wrestool program within icoutils versions prior to 0.31.1, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity via a crafted executable, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icoutils_project:icoutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0359 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: icoutils-0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5208Important

icoutils: Check_offset overflow on 64-bit systems

Jan 8, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-12
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3756
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/08/5
Mailing ListVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95315
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry