MGASA-2017-0245

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0245.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0245.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0245
Upstream
  • CVE-2017-8400
Published
2017-08-07T22:16:24Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:26:01.149968248Z
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
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / swftools

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.2-7.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0245.json"