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Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-44591): ming vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jan 6, 2022

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

In libming 0.4.8, the parseSWF_DEFINELOSSLESS2 function in util/parser.c lacks a boundary check that would lead to denial-of-service attacks via a crafted SWF file.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2021-44591
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-44591
CWE-770
EUVD-EUVD-2021-31414
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-31414
https://github.com/libming/libming
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/235
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44591

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