NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting swftools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.69% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SWFTOOLS-373266
  • published7 Jul 2017
  • disclosed7 Jul 2017

Introduced: 7 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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.

When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfcombine, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_DeleteFilter() function in lib/modules/swffilter.c.