What is CVE-2017-8401?

CVE-2017-8401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8401?

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

Is CVE-2017-8401 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Swftools

CVE-2017-8401

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (62.8th 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

Swftools
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8401?: CVE-2017-8401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8401 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.