Out-of-bounds Write Affecting swftools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SWFTOOLS-2849935
  • published1 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 1 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-42199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 swftools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream swftools package and not the swftools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in swftools through 20201222. A heap buffer overflow exists in the function swf_FontExtract_DefineTextCallback() located in swftext.c. It allows an attacker to cause code execution.

CVSS Scores

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