CVE-2017-9207

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9207 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in ImageWorsener 1.3.1, specifically within the iw_get_ui16be function, affecting the imageworsener product. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker through user interaction with a crafted image, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(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