PT-2017-14567 · Swftools · Swftools

Published 2017-11-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16797

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/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 arises from the png load function in lib/png.c, which fails to properly validate the multiplication of width and height values. This can lead to an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially have other unspecified impacts through a crafted PNG file.

Recommendations For SWFTools version 0.9.2, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16797

Affected Products

Swftools

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16797 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16797 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/51 · Note