Bug 1520746 (CVE-2017-16883)

Summary:	CVE-2017-16883 ming: NULL pointer dereference in outputscript.c:outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD can lead to DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dominik
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Description Sam Fowler 2017-12-05 04:38:18 UTC

The outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD function in util/outputscript.c in libming <= 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16883
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/77
https://github.com/libming/libming/pull/94

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2017-12-05 04:38:43 UTC

Created ming tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1520747]