Bug 1520746 (CVE-2017-16883) - CVE-2017-16883 ming: NULL pointer dereference in outputscript.c:outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD can lead to DoS
Summary: CVE-2017-16883 ming: NULL pointer dereference in outputscript.c:outputSWF_TEX...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-16883
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1520747
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-05 04:38 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-03-28 21:24:24 UTC
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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]
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