VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5251

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-01-05
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 libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-681: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Primary references