CVE-2017-8400

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-05-01

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Swftools (Swftools)

References

• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/13