6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2017-8400

Published: 01/05/2017 Updated: 12/05/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Debian Bug report logs - #861998 swftools: CVE-2017-8401: out-of-bound read of heap data issue can occur in function png_load() Package: src:swftools; Maintainer for src:swftools is Christian Welzel <gawain@camlannde>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 20:03:04 UTC Severity ...
Debian Bug report logs - #861693 swftools: CVE-2017-8400: out-of-bound write of heap data issue can occur in function png_load() Package: src:swftools; Maintainer for src:swftools is Christian Welzel <gawain@camlannde>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 20:03:04 UTC Severit ...