UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8401

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8401

    Published: 1 May 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
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    Summary:

    Details: 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 packages

    Package

    Name: swftools

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.9.2+git20130725-2
    0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1
    0.9.2+git20130725-4
    0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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