Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8401
CVE-2017-8401
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.
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References
1- github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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