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CVE-2017-9204

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9204 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageWorsener 1.3.1, specifically within the iw_get_ui16le function, which can be triggered by remote attackers via a crafted image file. This flaw, categorized as a CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), results in an invalid read and segmentation fault. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:entropymine:imageworsener:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 85th 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/2017/05/20/imageworsener-multiple-vulnerabilities
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / jsummers/imageworsener/commit/b45cb1b665a14b0175b9cb1502ef7168e1fe0d5d
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory