CVE-2022-35085 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in SWFTools allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.

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-2022-35085?

CVE-2022-35085 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Swftools Swftools, published on 20 Sep 2022. 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

SWFTools commit 772e55a2 was discovered to contain a memory leak via /lib/mem.c.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35085?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Swftools Swftools.

How do I fix CVE-2022-35085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35085 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-2022-35085 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-35085 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fq37-28cx-2p45, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-35085.

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