MGASA-2017-0245

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    MGASA-2017-0245

    Published: 7 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8400

    Summary: Updated swftools package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c. 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 (CVE-2017-8400).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0245.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20846, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-05/msg00034.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swftools

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/swftools?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.2-7.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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