CVE-2017-11098 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted file causes a segmentation violation in SWFTools, leading to a denial of service condition.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-11098?
CVE-2017-11098 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Swftools Swftools, published on 7 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in png2swf, it can lead to a Segmentation Violation in the png_load() function in lib/png.c.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11098?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Swftools Swftools.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11098?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11098 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-2017-11098 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11098 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Swftools Swftools
Sources
Also known as CVE-2017-1000184, GHSA-28f5-7fwx-xrf3, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11098.