PT-2017-17813 · Libming · Libming

Marcel Böhme · Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2017-04-15 · CVE-2017-7578

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 libming version 0.4.7

Description The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parser.c file of libming, which can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted SWF file. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in the crash of the listswf application, and potentially have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For libming version 0.4.7, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7578

DLA-890-1

MGASA-2017-0108

Affected Products

Libming

References · 10

• https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/68 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7578 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0108.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7578 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20644 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/07/1 · Note