CVE-2017-8401
N/A
Published: May 1, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSwftools
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.9.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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