PT-2017-11738 · Swftools · Swftools

Lcatro · Published 2017-07-07 · Updated 2017-07-13 · CVE-2017-11098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SWFTools version 0.9.2

Description The issue occurs when SWFTools processes a crafted file using png2swf, leading to a Segmentation Violation in the png load() function in lib/png.c.

Recommendations For SWFTools version 0.9.2, consider avoiding the use of png2swf with untrusted files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the png load() function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11098

Affected Products

Swftools

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/32 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11098 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11098 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11098 · Vendor Advisory