CVE-2017-7698

HIGH

swftools < 0.9.2 - Remote Code Execution via Malformed PDF Document

Title source: llm

Description

A Use After Free in the pdf2swf part of swftools 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, possibly a consequence of an error in Gfx.cc in Xpdf 3.02.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/pull/19

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0166

EPSS Percentile 73.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (1)

swftools/swftools < 0.9.2

Published May 10, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026