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Debian: CVE-2017-8400: swftools -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-8400: swftools -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-swftools

References

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