CVE-2017-8400

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CVE-2017-8400

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CVE-2017-8400 at MITRE

Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:755. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS; it might cause arbitrary code execution.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1037050 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2017:1230-1

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 1 21:32:20 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:14:33 2023