Out-of-Bounds Affecting swftools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SWFTOOLS-341261
  • published12 Nov 2017
  • disclosed12 Nov 2017

Introduced: 12 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16796  (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.

In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file.