VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16711

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.23%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-11-09

Last modified2026-06-17

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

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory