CVE-2017-8401

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-8401

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-05-01T19:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-05-12T14:33:20

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools::::::::	1	OR		0.9.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8401
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8401

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:43:23				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:34:18	2017-05-01T19:59Z	2017-05-01T19:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:34:18		2017-05-12T14:33:20	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:34:18		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated