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icoutils: Check_offset overflow on 64-bit systems

Published Nov 4, 2019

Description

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.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect the versions of icoutils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they did not backport the vulnerable patches provided to fix a previous flaw (CVE-2017-5208).

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Nov 4, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 10, 2017
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Jan 8, 2017