VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8401

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references