What is CVE-2017-11705?

CVE-2017-11705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming Ming, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-11705?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libming Ming

CVE-2017-11705

A memory leak was found in the function parseSWF_SHAPEWITHSTYLE in util/parser.c in Ming 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libming Ming — versions 0.4.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11705?: CVE-2017-11705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming Ming, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-11705?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.