Bug 1532962 (CVE-2018-5251) - CVE-2018-5251 ming: Integer overflow in read.c:readSBits() can cause a denial of service via a crafted .swf file
Summary: CVE-2018-5251 ming: Integer overflow in read.c:readSBits() can cause a denial...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-5251
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: 1520747
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-01-10 06:09 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-03-28 21:25:10 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-01-10 06:09:22 UTC 
In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5251
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/97
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-01-10 06:12:40 UTC 
Created ming tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1520747]
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