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In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file

Published Nov 12, 2017

Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 12, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Nov 12, 2017
Link CVE-2017-16796
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-16796
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-16796