CVE-2017-5331: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the check_offset function in b/wrestool/fileread.c in icoutils before 0.31.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Icoutils Project Icoutils: before 0.31.1 (fixed in 0.31.1)
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only; version 42.2 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.2 only

Published 2019-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.