CVE-2018-5251

MEDIUM

libming 0.4.8 - Denial of Service via Crafted SWF File

Title source: llm

Description

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00008.html

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/97

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0189

EPSS Percentile 76.8%

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-681

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 7.0

libming/libming 0.4.8

Published Jan 05, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026