UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16796

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.

Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16796

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16796.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16796

Upstream

CVE-2017-16796

Published

2017-11-12T18:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:36Z

Severity

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

Summary

[none]

Details

In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file.

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-2017-16796.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / swftools