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.

• CWE-125

• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/14Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 1, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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