UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7578

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7578
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7578.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7578
Upstream
Published
2017-04-07T04:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:15Z
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 - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in parser.c in libming 0.4.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (listswf application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SWF file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9831.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ming

Package

Name
ming
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "libming-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "libming-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "libming1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "libswf-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "ming-fonts-dejavu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "ming-fonts-opensymbol"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "binary_name": "python-ming"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7578.json"