Denial of Service and Potential Remote Code Execution in SWFTools 0.9.2

CVE-2017-16796 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file.

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