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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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Affected products

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  • Swftools/Swftools2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.9.2

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