CVE-2017-1000182 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the wav2swf utility of SWFTools can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1000182?
CVE-2017-1000182 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Swftools Swftools, published on 17 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In SWFTools, a memory leak was found in wav2swf.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000182?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Swftools Swftools.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1000182?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1000182 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-1000182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Swftools Swftools
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j8vh-qrjx-hpm6, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000182.