MGASA-2018-0052

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    MGASA-2018-0052

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7698

    Summary: Updated swftools packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A Use After Free in the pdf2swf part of swftools 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, due to bundled code in Gfx.cc from Xpdf 3.02 (CVE-2017-7698).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0052.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22281, https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/commit/c7747f4b10739bd365c3e79d153b99fbfac9a4ac

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swftools

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.2-7.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High