Name: CVE-2017-8400: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-8400, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00675

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:755. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS; it might cause arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade swftools	Jun 20, 2017	May 1, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade swftools-debuginfoUpgrade swftools-debugsourceUpgrade swftools	May 10, 2017	May 1, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade swftools	Nov 19, 2024	May 1, 2017

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CVSS Details

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