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CVE-2017-8327

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8327 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the bmpr_read_uncompressed function of libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener versions prior to 1.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption by providing a specially crafted image file. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high availability impact (A:H) due to memory exhaustion. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current threat activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:entropymine:imageworsener:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/04/27/imageworsener-memory-allocation-failure-in-my_mallocfn-imagew-cmd-c
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / jsummers/imageworsener/commit/86564051db45b466e5f667111ce00b5eeedc8fb6
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-06
Third Party Advisory