Is CVE-2017-5208 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5208 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5208?

CVE-2017-5208 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5208?

CVE-2017-5208 has an EPSS score of 3.59% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5208?

Upgrade icoutils on debian 11 to 0.31.0-4 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5208

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

icoutilsDebian

Fixed in:0.31.0-4CVE-2017-5208

icoutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.31.0-3ubuntu0.1USN-4695-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory5

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.