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CVE-2017-8401
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-01T19:59:00.283 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:26:19.430

Summary

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 products

swftools — swftools

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References

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