CVE-2017-8401

MEDIUM

Swftools < 0.9.2 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
swftools/swftools < 0.9.2
Published May 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026