Bug 1457344 (CVE-2017-8782) - CVE-2017-8782 ming: Integer overflow in the readString function
Summary: CVE-2017-8782 ming: Integer overflow in the readString function
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-8782
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1457345
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-31 14:26 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-03-28 21:14:19 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-05-31 14:26:54 UTC 
The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-05-31 14:27:12 UTC 
Created ming tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1457345]
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