CVE-2017-8326
libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener before 1.3.1 has "left shift cannot be represented in type int" undefined behavior issues, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener before 1.3.1 has "left shift cannot be represented in type int" undefined behavior issues, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image, related to imagew-bmp.c and imagew-util.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-682
- Affected
- entropymine/imageworsener
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/27/imageworsener-two-left-shift/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/a00183107d4b84bc8a714290e824ca9c68dac738Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/27/imageworsener-two-left-shift/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/a00183107d4b84bc8a714290e824ca9c68dac738Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.