Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5294

Description

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer overflow (caused by an out-of-range left shift) in the readUInt32 function (util/read.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.

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Affected products

Libming/LibmingOSV2 versions
ming-0_3_0, ming-0_3_beta2, ming-0_4_0_beta3, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: ming-0_3_0, ming-0_3_beta2, ming-0_4_0_beta3, …
- (no CPE)range: = 0.4.8

Patches

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References

github.com/libming/libming/issues/98nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24nvdThird Party Advisory

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