SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8401

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.12%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.12% probability · 64th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
swftools/swftools
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.