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CVE-2017-16711
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-09T18:29:00.187 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:09:41.180

Summary

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.

Affected products

swftools — swftools

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References

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