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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SWFTOOLS-373214
  • published1 May 2017
  • disclosed1 May 2017

Introduced: 1 May 2017

CVE-2017-8400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 swftools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream swftools package and not the swftools package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:755. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS; it might cause arbitrary code execution.