Swftools
CVE-2024-25165
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
A global-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in SWFTools v0.9.2, in the function LineText at lib/swf5compiler.flex.
AnalysisAI
A global-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in SWFTools v0.9.2, in the function LineText at lib/swf5compiler.flex. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. A global-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in SWFTools v0.9.2, in the function LineText at lib/swf5compiler.flex. Affected products include: Swftools.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the function grow_unicode at /lib/ttf.c. Rat
SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via the function readU8 at /lib/ttf.c. Rated cr
swftools v0.9.2 was discovered to contain a strcpy parameter overlap via /home/swftools/src/swfc+0x48318a. Rated critica
In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:755. Rated high
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in wav2swf, it can lead to a Segmentation Violation in the wav_convert2mono
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in png2swf, it can lead to a Segmentation Violation in the png_load() funct
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfcombine, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_Relocat
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfextract, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_FoldSpr
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfc, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the dict_lookup() fun
When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfcombine, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_DeleteF
swftools 0.9.2 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free vulnerability via the function removeFromTo at swftools/s
swftools 0.9.2 was discovered to contain a stack-buffer-underflow vulnerability via the function parseExpression at swft
Same weakness CWE-120 – Classic Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Buffer Overflow
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