PT-2017-14605 · Swftools · Swftools

Ghost · Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2017-11-27 · CVE-2017-16868

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 SWFTools version 0.9.2

Description The issue arises from the wav convert2mono function in lib/wav.c, which fails to properly restrict a multiplication within a malloc call. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through an integer overflow and NULL pointer dereference by using a crafted WAV 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.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16868

Affected Products

Swftools

References · 6

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16868 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/52 · Note