Out-of-Bounds Affecting swftools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SWFTOOLS-341241
  • published12 Nov 2017
  • disclosed12 Nov 2017

Introduced: 12 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16793  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The wav_convert2mono function in lib/wav.c in SWFTools 0.9.2 does not properly validate WAV data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.