CVE-2017-8401

MEDIUM

Swftools < 0.9.2 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

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)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0031

EPSS Percentile 53.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

swftools/swftools < 0.9.2

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published May 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026