CVE-2017-6010 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in icoutils 0.31.1, specifically within the "extract_icons" function, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by processing a crafted ICO file, leading to a denial of service through an icotool crash. While the attack requires local access and user interaction (opening a malicious file), there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:icoutils_project:icoutils:0.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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