CVE-2017-5332

Publication date 11 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The extract_group_icon_cursor_resource in wrestool/extract.c in icoutils before 0.31.1 can access unallocated memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
icoutils	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.31.0-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.29.1-2ubuntu0.1

Notes

mdeslaur

This CVE is for "all of 1aa9f28f7bcbdfff6a84a15ac8d9a87559b1596a and also the index correction in 1a108713ac26215c7568353f6e02e727e6d4b24a."

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
icoutils	Upstream: ?id=1aa

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H