CVE-2017-5208: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the wrestool program in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted executable, which triggers a denial of service (application crash) or the possibility of execution of arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Icoutils Project Icoutils: before 0.31.1 (fixed in 0.31.1)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2017-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.