PT-2017-10362 · Libming · Libming

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-02-16 · Updated 2017-03-03 · CVE-2016-9827

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libming version 0.4.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted SWF file. This is due to a problem in the iprintf function in outputtxt.c in the listswf tool.

Recommendations For libming version 0.4.7, consider avoiding the use of the listswf tool with untrusted SWF files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the listswf tool to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9827

DLA-799-1

MGASA-2017-0070

Affected Products

Libming

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00077-libming-heapoverflow-_iprintf · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/7 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_iprintf-outputtxt-c · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0070.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9827 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9827 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/10/11 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/4 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95086 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/3 · Note