UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16711

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711

Upstream

CVE-2017-16711

Published

2017-11-09T18:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:36Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

The swfDefineLosslessBitsTagToImage function in lib/modules/swfbits.c in SWFTools 0.9.2 mishandles an uncompress failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) because of extractDefinitions in lib/readers/swf.c and fillline_bitmap in lib/devices/render.c, as demonstrated by swfrender.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / swftools

Package

Name: swftools
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/swftools@0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "swftools",
            "binary_version": "0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / swftools