What is CVE-2017-7698?

CVE-2017-7698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-7698?

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

Is CVE-2017-7698 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Swftools

CVE-2017-7698

A Use After Free in the pdf2swf part of swftools 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, possibly a consequence of an error in Gfx.cc in Xpdf 3.02.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.017 (74.2th 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-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7698?: CVE-2017-7698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-7698?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7698 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.