What is CVE-2017-1000187?

CVE-2017-1000187 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000187?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Swftools

CVE-2017-1000187

In SWFTools, an address access exception was found in pdf2swf. FoFiTrueType::writeTTF()

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (54.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Swftools
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000187?: CVE-2017-1000187 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000187?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.