NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting swftools package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SWFTOOLS-6598080
  • published12 Apr 2024
  • disclosed11 Apr 2024
  • creditzhangzhourui, luhui, tianzhihong

Introduced: 11 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-28458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for swftools.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to the compileSWFActionCode function in action/actioncompiler.c. An attacker can crash the application by exploiting the improper handling of null pointers.

CVSS Scores

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