PT-2017-18322 · Swftools · Swftools

Chunibalon · Published 2017-05-01 · Updated 2017-05-12 · CVE-2017-8401

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/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 is caused by an out-of-bounds read of heap data in the png load() function, which can be triggered by a malformed PNG file. This can lead to a denial of service (DoS) and can be exploited by attackers.

Recommendations For SWFTools version 0.9.2, consider avoiding the use of the png2swf tool with untrusted PNG files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of PNG files to trusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8401

DLA-995-1

Affected Products

Swftools

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8401 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8401 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8401 · Vendor Advisory