CVE-2022-35091 Denial of service in n/a
A floating point exception in SWFTools allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- 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-2022-35091?
CVE-2022-35091 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Swftools Swftools, published on 23 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 floating point exception (FPE) via DCTStream::readMCURow() at /xpdf/Stream.cc.ow()
Weakness: CWE-697
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35091?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Swftools Swftools.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35091?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35091 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-2022-35091 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-35091 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Swftools Swftools
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rvjg-x555-jh28, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-35091.