Description
The swf_DefineLosslessBitsTagToImage 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 fill_line_bitmap in lib/devices/render.c, as demonstrated by swfrender.
Published: 2017-11-09
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7895 The swf_DefineLosslessBitsTagToImage 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 fill_line_bitmap in lib/devices/render.c, as demonstrated by swfrender.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:19.904Z

Reserved: 2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16711

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-09T18:29:00.187

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16711

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