Name: CVE-2018-5251: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-5251, CWE-681, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01849

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-libs/ming.	Apr 25, 2019	Jan 5, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 5, 2018

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CVSS Details

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