CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8782

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2017-05-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-190

Description

The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

Affected configurations

• libming libming 0.4.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References