CVE-2017-5332: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

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