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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-8400): swftools vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-8400): swftools vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/01/2017
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:755. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS; it might cause arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-swftools

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