MGASA-2018-0052

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0052.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0052.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2018-0052
Upstream
  • CVE-2017-7698
Published
2018-01-03T15:50:51Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:25:42.824569995Z
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
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
0.9.2-7.2.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0052.json"

Mageia:6 / swftools

Package

Name
swftools
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/swftools?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.2-9.1.mga6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0052.json"