Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16711
CVE-2017-16711
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101797nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/46nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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