CVE-2017-16711

The swf_DefineLosslessBitsTagToImage function in lib/modules/swfbits.c in SWFTools 0.9.2 mishandles an uncompress failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) because of extractDefinitions in lib/readers/swf.c and fill_line_bitmap in lib/devices/render.c, as demonstrated by swfrender.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-11-09

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Swftools (Swftools)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101797
• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/46