CVE-2017-8401

Published May 1, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-995-1 swftools security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17353 In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 12:31 AM
Reserved
May 1, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 1, 2017, 7:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM