| Name | CVE-2017-8401 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-995-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 861998 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| swftools (PTS) | jessie | 0.9.2+git20130725-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.9.2+git20130725-4.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/commit/392fb1f3cd9a5b167787c551615c651c3f5326f2
Crash in CLI tool not considered a security issue