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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-5294: Ming: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2018
Added
Apr 25, 2019
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer overflow (caused by an out-of-range left shift) in the readUInt32 function (util/read.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-ming
Title
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