UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8400

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8400
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8400.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8400
Upstream
  • CVE-2017-8400
Published
2017-05-01T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:15Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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:755. 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.

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
Fixed
0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.9.2+git20130725-2
0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1
0.9.2+git20130725-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "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-2017-8400.json"