vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-16793): swftools vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 12, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

The wav_convert2mono function in lib/wav.c in SWFTools 0.9.2 does not properly validate WAV data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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